THE VIRUSES INSIDE YOU.

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  • Author(s): Pride, David
  • Source:
    Scientific American. Dec2020, Vol. 323 Issue 6, p46-53. 8p. 2 Diagrams, 1 Cartoon or Caricature.
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    • Abstract:
      The article presents the trillions of viruses making up the human virome where some are harmful and some are useful. Topics include purifying an enzyme from a virus killing bacteria found in patients struggling against methicillin-resistant staphylococcal infection; phages working through membranes lining the intestine, lung, liver, kidney, and even the brain; and host bacterium dividing and creating a copy of its genome.