Viruses exhibit an elegant simplicity as they are so basic, but so frightening.
They are obligate intracellular parasites, and as such, subvert many molecular and cellular processes of the hos.
Viruses are rather small infectious agents found in all types of life forms, from animals and plants to prokaryotes and archaebacteria.
Although only a few are life threatening, they have substantial implications for human health and the economy, as exemplified by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Viruses exhibit an elegant simplicity as they are so basic, but so frightening