Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>New forms of life discovered inside human bodies<br>They resemble what scientists call <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/viroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viroids</span></a>, which are infectious loops of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNA</span></a> known for their effects on plants. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Obelisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obelisks</span></a> share certain traits with these plant pathogens, yet they appear in human-associated bacteria. Their discovery came about when researchers began analyzing massive <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/genetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genetic</span></a> libraries, searching for patterns that did not match any known organisms.<br><a href="https://www.earth.com/news/scientists-find-new-forms-of-life-inside-humans-rna-carriers-obelisks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">earth.com/news/scientists-find</span><span class="invisible">-new-forms-of-life-inside-humans-rna-carriers-obelisks/</span></a></p>