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		kens 12 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 'Obelisks', a new class of life living inside huma... Although the title says "just discovered", obelisks were discovered a year ago. Obelisks are RNA elements inside bacteria inside humans. Here are some links for more information: The publication in Cell: https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(24)01091-2 The preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.20.576352v1 An article about obelisks in Science: https://www.science.org/content/article/it-s-insane-new-viru... An article in Derek Lowe's popular "In the Pipeline": https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/what-s-obelisk-any...

dang 12 months ago [–]

Ok, we've taken out the 'just discovered' bit from the title above. Thanks!

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