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Icosahedron virus

How viruses build perfectly symmetrical protective shells

Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells, or capsids, around their genomes — a process that, while messy and complex, consistently results in highly symmetrical icosahedral structures. A genome is the complete set of genetic material in an organism. For...
By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Science / Technology
Coronavirus

How the SARS-CoV-2 virus acquires its spherical shape

UC Riverside-led study findings can help tackle other pathogenic coronaviruses
By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Science / Technology

Coronavirus formation is successfully modeled

UC Riverside study could inform the design of effective drugs to fight SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses
By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Science / Technology, Health

How a virus packages its genetic material

Simulations by UC Riverside-led team could help design nanocontainers used in drug delivery
By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Science / Technology

New multicampus consortium to study assembly of coronaviruses

Host campus UC Riverside will be joined by UC Davis and UC Merced
By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Science / Technology, Health

How a virus forms its symmetric shells

UC Riverside-led study could inform the design of engineered nano-shells used in drug delivery
By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Science / Technology, Health

Physicists explain how large spherical viruses form

UC Riverside-led study deciphers key elements for the assembly of a large virus; understanding its formation could contain viruses’ spread
By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Science / Technology, Health