Scientists to expose most deadly infectious diseases in 3-D

User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)

These simplified images from Wayne Andersons lab show how the polypeptide backbone of a Bacillus anthracis protein folds and curls around itself like a ribbon. It is one of 5617 proteins in the bacteria that cause anthrax. Credit: Wayne Anderson
These simplified images from Wayne Anderson's lab show how the polypeptide backbone of a Bacillus anthracis protein folds and curls around itself like a ribbon. It is one of 5,617 proteins in the bacteria that cause anthrax. Credit: Wayne Anderson

A scientist slides on a pair of plastic 3-D glasses and an unearthly blue multi-armed creature -- an image right out of a sci-fi horror flick -- seems to leap out of the computer screen into the laboratory.


Full story »
All News summaries from General Science news
All News summaries for October 31, 2007
Goto Archive PhysOrg Forum Goto Archive Video Goto Archive Editorials Goto Archive Free Magazines Goto Archive Newsletter

News Archive