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Viruses found to use intricate 'treadmill' to move cargo across bacterial cells: State-of-the-art technologies reveal bacterial cells organized like human cells, offering insights for new phage therapies on untreatable infections
- June 18, 2019
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Using advanced technologies to explore the inner workings of bacteria, biologists have provided the first example of cargo within bacteriophage cells transiting along treadmill-like structures. The discovery demonstrates that bacteria have more in common with sophisticated human cells than previously believed.
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"Viruses found to use intricate 'treadmill' to move cargo across bacterial cells: State-of-the-art technologies reveal bacterial cells organized like human cells, offering insights for new phage therapies on untreatable infections", MachPrinciple, June 18, 2019, https://machprinciple.com/post/Viruses-found-to-use-intricate-treadmill-to-move-cargo-across-bacterial-cells-State-of-the-art-technologies-reveal-bacterial-cells-organized-like-human-cells-offering-insights-for-new-phage-therapies-on-untreatable-infections
