Ebola virus edits its own genetic material
![Ebola virus](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Ebola_Virus_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
As the Ebola virus (shown) invades a host, it adds building blocks to its genetic material that may alter the proteins it makes. Studying these proteins may lead to better treatments for the virus.
NIAID/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)