virus particle
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virus particles
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They prepared the viruses so that each virus particle carried the information to destroy a particular gene, then infected the mice with a mixture of viruses carrying different instructions for gene destruction.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023
It now sits on my shelf, a reminder that a single virus particle may be small, but the infection can still be toxic.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2023
About three dozen were tallied by Balazs and his team, and their location suggests they make it more difficult for antibodies to recognize an Omicron virus particle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
A Virginia Tech study looked at how well homemade masks, surgical masks and face shields protected the wearer, based on virus particle size.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
The Ebola virus particle contains only seven different proteins—seven distinct types of large molecules arranged in a long braided structure that is the stringy Ebola particle.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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