Biologists turn eavesdropping viruses into bacterial assassins
Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 11:20
in Biology & Nature
Princeton molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler and graduate student Justin Silpe have identified a virus, VP882, that can listen in on bacterial conversations—and then, in a twist like something out of a spy novel, they found a way to use that to make it attack bacterial diseases like E. coli and cholera.