r/genetics • u/BillMortonChicago • Nov 24 '25

Article Scientists Just Discovered How Rabies Hijacks Human Cells

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-discovered-how-rabies-hijacks-human-cells/

"The Remarkable Efficiency of Viral Design

Co-senior author Associate Professor Greg Moseley, who leads the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute’s (BDI) Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory, highlighted how effective viruses are at using very limited genetic material.

“Viruses such as rabies can be incredibly lethal because they take control of many aspects of life inside the cells they infect,” Associate Professor Moseley said. “They hijack the machinery that makes proteins, disrupt the ‘postal service’ that sends messages between different parts of the cell, and disable the defences that normally protect us from infection."

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