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Abstractions blog

Scientists Discover Nearly 200,000 Kinds of Ocean Viruses

By Jonathan Lambert
April 25, 2019
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New work raises the estimated diversity of viruses in the seas more than twelvefold and lays the groundwork for a better understanding of their impact on global nutrient cycles.

Abstractions blog

Viruses Have a Secret, Altruistic Social Life

By Viviane Callier
April 15, 2019
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Researchers are beginning to understand the ways in which viruses strategically manipulate and cooperate with one another.

Q&A

Doudna’s Confidence in CRISPR’s Research Potential Burns Bright

By Vanessa Schipani
February 27, 2019
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Jennifer Doudna, one of CRISPR’s primary innovators, stays optimistic about how the gene-editing tool will continue to empower basic biological understanding.

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microbiology

‘Broadband’ Networks of Viruses May Help Bacteria Evolve Faster

By Jonathan Lambert
October 16, 2018
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A newly discovered mechanism may enable viruses to shuttle genes between bacteria 1,000 times as often as was thought — making them a major force in those cells’ evolution.

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cell biology

Cells Talk in a Language That Looks Like Viruses

By Carrie Arnold
May 2, 2018
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Disease-causing viruses and message-carrying vesicles sit at the ends of a spectrum of membranous particles that cells release.

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Abstractions blog

New Giant Viruses Further Blur the Definition of Life

By Jordana Cepelewicz
March 5, 2018
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A newfound pair of giant viruses have massive genomes and the most complete resources for building proteins ever seen in the viral world. They have refreshed the debate about the origins of these cellular parasites.

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The Unforgiving Math That Stops Epidemics

By Tara C. Smith
October 26, 2017
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If you didn’t get a flu shot, you are endangering more than just your own health. Calculations of herd immunity against common diseases don’t make exceptions.

A boy and his dog and its viruses
evolution

Viruses Would Rather Jump to New Hosts Than Evolve With Them

By Mallory Locklear
September 13, 2017
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The discovery that viruses move between species unexpectedly often is rewriting ideas about their evolutionary history — and may have troubling implications for the threat from emerging diseases.

Virus Hamiltonian Path
molecular biology

The Illuminating Geometry of Viruses

By Jordana Cepelewicz
July 19, 2017
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Mathematical insights into how RNA helps viruses pull together their protein shells could guide future studies of viral behavior and function.


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