New images capture virus in extraordinary detail

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Structure of a virus that infects Salmonella. One end of the DNA genome (blue) is poised for injection into a host cell. Credit: Wah ChiuBaylor College of Medicine.
Structure of a virus that infects Salmonella. One end of the DNA genome (blue) is poised for injection into a host cell. Credit: Wah Chiu/Baylor College of Medicine.

Fifty years after MIT researchers pioneered the use of electron microscopy to study viruses, MIT scientists have helped produce the most detailed images yet of the tiny infectious agents.


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