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At any moment, and largely hidden from sight, bacteria and viruses are battling it out.

These skirmishes have inspired revolutionary technologies: Discoveries related to the -Cas system, for example, which allows bacteria to defend themselves from invading viruses, were recognized with a 2020 Nobel Prize.

New tech gleaned from this ongoing arms race includes potential antiviral medications and tricks for fighting bacteria, Amber Dance writes at Nature.
nature.com/articles/d41586-025

www.nature.comThe hunt for the next CRISPR: how warring microbes are inspiring new technologyGene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But scientists have only begun to unlock the secrets of this ancient arms race.
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