Research on viral junk, quicker drug testing could help outflank coronaviruses
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - 11:30
in Biology & Nature
Viruses like novel coronavirus can be sloppy multipliers, leaving lots of junk particles around infected cells during reproduction. That junk may help humans fight illness. Most models of diseases like COVID-19 are based on purified virus stock. But in nature, many viruses are not particularly pure. When RNA viruses, which include coronaviruses, replicate, the process […]