Each person is home to about ten trillion viruses.
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Viruses do more than just cause disease – they also influence ecosystems and the processes that shape the planet. Tracing their evolution could help researchers better understand how viruses work.
Microbes in the gut aren’t just important for digesting your food. In pregnant women, these gut microbes are producing chemicals that are essential for proper brain development of the fetus.
Bacteria are becoming resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics. These expensive, hard-to-treat infections are prompting physicians to reassess using viruses to destroy bacteria.
Just because you don’t have the flu doesn’t mean that your aren’t teeming with viruses inside and out. But what are all these viruses doing, if they aren’t making you sick?
Nobel laureate Peter Doherty explains immunity.
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Visiting Scientist, The Rockefeller University
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Director of Microbiology, University of California, San Diego
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Postdoctoral Scholar of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles
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Science Consultant in Microbiology, The Ohio State University
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Research Scientist in Microbiology, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Microbiology, The Ohio State University
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Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor: Innovation and Knowledge Exchange, University of Nottingham
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Laureate Professor Emeritus, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Honorary Associate Professor
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Microbiology, The Ohio State University