It works pretty much the same way as it does in a single cell of a multicellular organism. For example the phage particle attaches to a bacterial cell and then injects the genome inside using its tail.

I think your nose feels it right. 😁 And yes advanced microscopes are now used to produce super high res images of the virus. Years back I wrote a post in steemstem about using single particle Cryo-electron

Wow. Well thanks for the explanation. Let's see of I got this right. So itsince they are created in a pair formation, their initial state is moving away from each other. Also given that the strong force

I miss going to conferences. I haven't even applied to any since the pandemic began. 😐

I could follow it easily. Almost as if somebody finally explained particle physics experiments in English. 🙂 I have few questions though. Mostly, regarding how I am trying to wrap my imagination around

There are many fun things you can do with LN2. I often use it to flash freeze tissues and proteins and even cryopreserve cells for decades. But the most interesting game I like to play it drop it on a

Malarial parasite is a bitch. It can live inside liver cells, without having to take over RBCs. I don't know about how hospitals are in Nigeria but try to get the tests done and stay at hospital till they

Shoot!

And yes, viruses are interesting that way. It is almost as if it is biological dust that comes to life inside the host cell. It is right there on the fence between living and dead. 🙂

Wow they reduced ICU beds. I understand why they have restriction on campus activities. I mean even though during the 1st wave the young were not at high risk, but in India many young people stay with

Initial name I choose for the virus was Vloki... Like the particulate Loki - God of mischief. But then that wasn't coming that well. Then there is this mischievous character in a classic Hindi movie -

Well, even I was shocked. 3 months ago when I started the series on how immune system responds to virus, I got a bunch of comments with the links challenging existence of the virus. I wrote this article

Thanks a lot @agmoore. This comment means a lot. Do leave a question, if clarification is required on any detail. I guess Veeru would be happy to answer 😁 🙂.

Yeah, viruses are interesting that way. In fact we recently got omicron strain and a colleuge have been trying to grow it. It shows entirely different pattern of growth in the cells compared to the rest

Awesome. I have been waiting eagerly for them 😁. I was feeling lazy to proofread a draft for post that has been sitting in my folder for over a week now. Now, I am gonna go over it, just so I can use

Thank you. Glad you liked it.🙂

Indeed. A important talk we all need to have is what makes a healthy diet. I mean since the industrial revolution we have been so busy in our lives, and all kind of processes and yummy junk food items

I really like the last part of your post. Having dencentralized social media. Until now Hive is only one I have come across which has great potential. Though we really need to work on making the onboarding

Every 4 months! Damn that must be hard. I have a colleague over here from Nigeria, I remember him vaguely mentioning how bad the malaria problem is in his country. And he was writing a paper on that. I

Just adding to what @altleft has already mentioned My own view on SARS-CoV-2, as a physician, is that it is no more deadly than a seasonal flu, with a better-than-99% survival rate for most. Well most