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COVID-19 research explores how the SARS-CoV-2 virus breaks into cells and turns them into virus assembly lines that spread infection and identifies places where it can be blocked or attacked. This information is critical for designing vaccines to prevent infection and drugs to treat it.

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SSRL X-Ray Crystallography Covid-19 Research

Jeney Wierman, a staff scientist at SLAC, explains how SSRL tools are contributing to COVID-19 research.
July 30, 2020  ·  00:03:07  runtime
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SLAC joins the global fight against COVID-19

The lab is responding to the coronavirus crisis by imaging disease-related biomolecules, developing standards for reliable coronavirus testing and enabling other essential research.

April 16, 2020  ·  8 min read
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