Scientist Pioneers Technology New to MSU, Maps Giant Virus
March 28, 2017
March 28, 2017
EAST LANSING, Mich., March 28 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release:
In a laboratory at Michigan State University, scientists took a DIY approach to build a retrofitted cryo-electron microscope that allowed them to map a giant Samba virus - one of the world's largest viruses.
"If the common cold virus is scaled to the size of a ladder, then the giant Samba virus is bigger than the Washington Monument," said Kristin Parent, assistan . . .
In a laboratory at Michigan State University, scientists took a DIY approach to build a retrofitted cryo-electron microscope that allowed them to map a giant Samba virus - one of the world's largest viruses.
"If the common cold virus is scaled to the size of a ladder, then the giant Samba virus is bigger than the Washington Monument," said Kristin Parent, assistan . . .