First measurement of energy released from a virus during infection

Friday, February 5, 2010 - 11:15 in Health & Medicine

For the first time, scientists have directly measured the energy associated with the expulsion of viral DNA, a pivotal discovery toward fully understanding the physical mechanisms that control viral infection and designing drugs to interfere with the process.

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