When bacteria-killing viruses take over, it’s bad news for the gut

People with inflammatory bowel diseases carry more of some of these viruses, less good bacteria

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VIRUS GUT-PUNCH  Bacteria-infecting viruses called bacteriophages may kill friendly bacteria in the gut, causing inflammation and disease, a new study shows.

J.M. Norman et al./Cell 2015 (graphical abstract)

When it comes to inflammatory bowel disease, the enemy of my friends is my enemy, too, a new study suggests.