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Viruses 'eavesdrop' on each other—but it can backfire
- March 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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University of Exeter scientists studied chemical communication by phages (viruses that infect bacteria). The phages assessed in the study have two choices when they enter a cell: lie dormant or kill the cell and release new virus particles to infect other cells nearby. It was recently discovered that some phages use chemical communication systems to optimize this decision.
Originally published at Phys.org