Raising the Odds Against Viral Infection
Raising the Odds Against Viral Infection Learning how viruses slip into cells, with an eye toward making it harder for them Dr. Eric May (left) discusses virus research with students Prakhar Bansal (standing) and Shaan Kamal (right) (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo). Copy Link Viruses sneak into your body, hijack your cells’ machinery, and force your cells to commit suicide. Sounds like a mission from a game like Assassin’s Creed, but it’s just a virus’s daily life. Now a UConn biophysics lab has figured out how one type of virus slips into our cells—and perhaps how we ca...
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