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" target="_blank">#<span>viroids</span></a>, which are infectious loops of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" 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" 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>
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CellBioNews<p>A new <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>virus</span></a>-like entity has just been discovered—'<a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/obelisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obelisks</span></a>' explained.</p><p><a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/viroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>viroids</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/genomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genomics</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/a-new-virus-like-entity-has-just-been-discovered-obelisks-explained-222296" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/a-new-viru</span><span class="invisible">s-like-entity-has-just-been-discovered-obelisks-explained-222296</span></a></p>
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