viruses

What if We Could Give Viruses a One-Two Punch? - Berkeley Lab Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry helps Stanford researcher design virus-fighting molecules that could treat herpes and COVID-19 Our bodies' very own virus-fighting machines are powered by antimicrobial peptides, which are among the...

What if all viruses disappeared? - BBC If all viruses disappeared, the world would be very different — and not necessarily for the better. But what exactly would happen? iruses seem to exist solely to wreak havoc on society and bring suffering to humanity. They have cost untold lives over the...

Copper Destroys Viruses and Bacteria. Why Isn’t It Everywhere? - Vice It could destroy norovirus, MRSA, virulent strains of E. coli, and coronaviruses—including the novel strain currently causing the COVID-19 pandemic. In 1852, physician Victor Burq visited a copper smelter in Paris's 3rd...