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A bacteriophage (upper right) penetrates a bacterial cell (center of the picture). Bacteria have highly sophisticated immune systems specially prepared to fight viruses

Antivirals discovered in bacteria may be used as drugs for viral diseases

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These days, the ability of these substances to fight viruses that harm humans, including the flu and corona viruses, is being tested
The active part of the molecule "Erncept" (threads in the colors of the rainbow) binds to the receptor of the Machupu virus (in gray). honey trap

A molecule that effectively neutralizes deadly viruses that pass from animals to humans

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Ebola virus. Source: CDC/Cynthia Goldsmith.

Did you cut down a forest? Beware of Ebola

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Illustration: James Gathany / CDC.

The Israeli mosquito that brought the fever to America

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Photo from a malaria vaccination project in the Solomon Islands. Source: Jeremy Miller, AusAID, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Flickr.

I know you from where?

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Computer simulation of phages attacking bacteria. The new study showed that they communicate with each other - and that's how they decide whether to reproduce or go into a dormant state. Source: Zappys Technology Solutions / Flickr.

Viruses communicate with each other - and that's how they decide whether to multiply or go into a dormant state

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The AIDS virus in the bloodstream. Illustration: shutterstock

The antiviral molecules - which also fight the HIV virus

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A scanning electron microscope image of phages attacking a bacterium. Photo: Dr. Graham Bird, Wikimedia Commons

Anti-bacterial viruses

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