When most people think of viruses, they usually think of the negative aspect of viruses –- agents of infectious disease. We, however, are not most people! Not only are viruses useful biotechnological tools, but they are also capable of promoting health outcomes in disease models. In this episode, Kellen covers a report released in December 2019 in Nature Immunology by Lei Liu, Tao Gong, and colleagues titled “Commensal viruses maintain intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes via noncanonical RIG-I signaling”.Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-019-0513-zReview: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3140792/Please take a few minutes to write us a review wherever you listen to podcasts -- it will help us better spread science!Want to learn more? Check out the Inflammatory Content website www.inflammatorycontent.comFinally, please send any questions or comments to Kellen on Twitter @KellenCavagnero or email [email protected].