February 6th, 2012
This intricate 3D model was done by Visual Science and it’s based on X-ray analysis and data that was published in the last twenty years. Some of the protein structures were predicted using computer modeling techniques.
This new model is 10 times more complex than the last one they did of HIV, which is kind of astounding. Where can I print mine?
[via designyoutrust] http://technabob.com/blog/2012/02/06/ebola-virus-3d-model/
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It was Richard Preston's book on the outbreak of this virus that got me interested in watching for news of emerging viruses.
As scary as Ebola outbreaks are, this virus does not seem to have what it takes to become a pandemic. There was a program on the Discovery Channel back in 2000 that described a Russian effort to make a weaponized pandemic version, which was actually unsuccessful. The same was not true with its cousin, the Marburg virus. According to that TV program, a former weapons scientist claimed thay succeeded and so we may assume it exists in a Russian freezer somewhere. Not a word of this ever appeared on the TV anywhere, anytime after 9/11. So, I regard the recent flu experiments with a bit of perspective.
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