Viruses: News and Research on Prophages

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A virus hiding inside bacteria may help explain colorectal cancer

The gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis has long presented researchers with a paradox. It has been associated with colorectal cancer, yet it also lives quite happily in most healthy people. A study by a Danish research team ...

Mar 8, 2026

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Evidence of horizontal gene transfer between human maternal microbiome and infant gut microbiome

Researchers have discovered a new mode of vertical mother-to-infant microbiome transmission, where microbes in the maternal gut shared genes with microbes in the infant gut during the perinatal period starting immediately ...

Dec 22, 2022

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