Training microbes to speak the molecular code of healing

Training Microbes to Speak the Molecular Code of Healing

Training microbes to speak the molecular code of healing involves intracellular living therapeutics that convert cellular signals into coordinated healing programs.

I became a microbiologist because I was fascinated by the secret lives of microbes, with viruses and bacteria having an elegance that I couldn’t ignore – tiny organisms that could hijack or reshape the biology of much larger hosts.

When I specialized in virology, I was drawn to the question of how viruses moved through the body, how they entered cells, and hijacked cell biology for their own purposes, with some of my early work focusing on mother-to-infant transmission of HIV.

tiny organisms that could hijack or reshape the biology of much larger hosts.

Author's summary: Microbes can be trained to heal.

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