‘Molecular movie’ fills in blanks of how nonenveloped viruses infect cells

September 30, 2026 · 8:50 pm 1 sources

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• 'Molecular movie' fills in blanks of how nonenveloped viruses infect cells
  Phys.org · September 30, 2026 20:50
  Viruses come in two major flavors—not chocolate and vanilla, quips Harvard Medical School structural biologist Stephen Harrison, but those enveloped in membranes, such as herpesvirus, influenza virus, HIV and SARS-CoV-2, and those that are not, such as poliovirus, HPV, rotavirus and adenovirus.