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•We’re not sure if it’s exciting or not that scientists just discovered new ‘lifeforms’ inside of our bodies
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Stanford University researchers have discovered virus-like lifeforms’ that exist inside human mouths and guts.
Smaller than a virus, the genetic material can still transfer information that can be read by a cell.
Named obelisks because of their rod-shaped structures, they are even smaller than viruses, but they can still transmit instructions to cells.
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