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Popular Mechanics

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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informal

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English

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