A Giant Fullerene System Inhibits the Infection by an Artificial Ebola Virus (IMAGE)

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

A Giant Fullerene System Inhibits the Infection by an Artificial Ebola Virus

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The team has achieved an unprecedented goal: connecting 12 fullerenes, each one endowed with 10 sugar moieties, to other central fullerene, thus mimicking the presentation of carbohydrates surrounding the Ebola virus.

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N. Martín & B. Illescas / UCM.

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