Vampiric Viruses ‘Bite’ Other Viruses for Survival

Vampiric Viruses ‘Bite’ Other Viruses for Survival

Viruses are somehow even weirder than we thought. In a recent study published last month, scientists say they’ve discovered two new viruses that hijack the machinery of other bacteria-infecting viruses in order to replicate themselves. One of these vampiric viruses even acts the part, appearing to “bite” and latch onto their helper virus so that … Read more