Decision-making process of viruses could lead to new antibiotic treatments
Monday, February 6, 2017 - 15:21
in Health & Medicine
Humans face hundreds of decisions every day. But we're not alone. Even the tiniest viruses also make decisions, and scientists are researching how they do so, to help lead to better treatments for some diseases. A team of scientists has discovered how the lambda phage decides what actions to take in its host, the E. coli bacterium.