Using advanced electron microscopy, a team led by Kelly Lee sequenced the stages of membrane fusion—the process in which two separate biological entities merge to become one.

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Influenza A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the influenza virus. The disease it causes is commonly known as "flu": an infectious disease of the upper air passages.

Through mathematical models and cryo-electron microscope studies, the team was able to determine that the phage capsid completely encapsulated the virus, and was effective against several flu ...

This electron microscope image catches a flu virus in the process of copying itself. Viral nucleoproteins (blue) encapsulate the flu genome (green). The influenza virus polymerase (orange) reads ...

In the background is an image of influenza virus ribonucleoprotein complexes observed using cryo-electron microscopy. Credit: Wilson, Carragher and Potter labs.

Instead, urumin appears to only disrupt the integrity of flu virus, as seen through electron microscopy. It binds the stalk of hemagglutinin, a less variable region of the flu virus that is also ...

Their discovery yielded a few surprises. An image from a scanning electron microscopy shows human lung cells coinfected with Flu-A and RSV producing hybrid viral particles.

The drug combination of chocolate ingredient theobromine, and the lesser-known compound arainosine, can be a potential gamechanger in treating flu, even outperforming the most widely used ...

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