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Newly discovered antiviral system in bacteria is 'strangest of its kind'
Researchers at Gladstone Institutes have uncovered an unusual bacterial immune system that operates in reverse of known defenses. The discovery details the mechanics of 'type VI retrons', a counterintuitive class of bacterial defenses published in Molecular Cell. Decoding these complex systems provides a blueprint for engineering more efficient DNA-editing tools for human health.