Hi all,
I just read an appalling article in the science section of today's NY
Times that refers to a new magnetic resonance force microscope
developed at IBM. The story states "For the first time, researchers
at an IBM laboratory have captured a three-dimensional image of a
virus."
Not to take away from the good folks at IBM and their really cool new
instrument, but...
Can anyone give me the authoritative reference for the first crystal
structure of a virus? Was it tomato bushy stunt virus?
The same article states that this instrument can be used to "...look
at the proteins that make up the basic DNA structure...[sic]". Sigh.
Pat
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Director, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Drexel University College of Medicine
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