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Brown University

BK Polyomavirus

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Scientists found that switching just one amino acid in the virus changed the sugar it will bind to on the surface of victim cells.

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Courtesy Atwood Lab/Brown University and Dr. Robert Garcea, University of Colorado at Boulder

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