An international team led by Nobel laureate Andrew Fire, including researchers from the Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (CSIC-UPV), discovered a new biological entity in the human microbiome called 'Obelisks', with findings published in the journal Cell on October 30, 2024.
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