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Researchers watch a virus-like shell build itself
Oxford scientists have followed an engineered virus-like particle assembling from its protein components, molecule by molecule.
Their method repeatedly measures a growing particle’s mass. Stable intermediate structures help explain how the shell forms among many possible arrangements. The study examines assembly physics, rather than announcing a treatment.
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