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Harmless virus fights the flu by mimicking lung cells
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Harmless virus fights the flu by mimicking lung cells

As the current COVID-19 situation shows, viruses are a major health risk. But what if we could fight them using other viruses? Scientists in Berlin have created virus shells that mimic the target cells that the flu virus latches onto in the body, preventing them from taking hold and causing infection. Bacteriophages (or just phages)...