Watching a Virus Shell Build Itself, Live
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โ๐ฆ Viruses build their shells with NO blueprint, and scientists just watched it happen live! Oxford researchers tracked a 60-protein virus-like particle assembling one molecule at a time. Parts snap on, fall off, try again, until 5 lock into a stable pentagon ring. After that, growth speeds up! Could guide new antivirals & vaccines ๐ฌ (Nature)
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Source: Nature (2026), Asor, Loewenthal, Kukura et al., University of Oxford, via ScienceDaily
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