Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Viruses may be ‘watching’ you — some microbes lie in wait until their hosts unknowingly give them the signal to start multiplying and kill them
HIV is a retrovirus that does not go directly on a killing spree when it enters a cell
Viruses are both the villains and heroes of life as we know it
There is mounting evidence that the viruses that infect plants and animals are also a major source of genetic innovation in these organisms