Public Health
Viruses Can Help Us as Well as Harm Us
Experts are figuring out how to exploit the 380 trillion viruses that make up the human virome
David Pride is an infectious disease specialist and associate professor of pathology at the University of California, San Diego. His laboratory focuses on the role that microbial communities play in human homeostasis, health and disease. Credit: Nick Higgins
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