Virus uses 'stolen' CRISPR to hack its host's immune system
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 11:31
in Biology & Nature
Microbiologists have discovered that the Cyanophage N1 virus carries a DNA sequence -- a CRISPR -- that is generally used by bacteria to fight off viral infection. The virus appears to use the stolen bits of immune system DNA to highjack their hosts' immune response.