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The project, which began in October 2018, has a budget of about €120,000 to develop a prototype vaccine based on viruslike particles that mimic viruses without being infectious.

From Science Magazine • May 20, 2020

Because of Deutsche Bank’s size and its connections with hundreds of other major banks around the world, serious problems could spread, viruslike, to other financial institutions.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2020

"We think that viruslike particles mimic the virus much better than soluble proteins," Liang says.

From Scientific American • Jan. 5, 2011

An array of other approaches using genetic engineering, including "viruslike particles" and "synthetic peptides," is also being tested.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2009

Inspectors, who have to certify that the plants are free of viruslike microorganisms known as viroids, must wait until the trees bear fruit and check the apples and pears for viroid scarring and spotting.

From Time Magazine Archive