Scientists Achieve Most Detailed Picture Ever of Key Part of Hepatitis C Virus (IMAGE)

Scripps Research Institute

Scientists Achieve Most Detailed Picture Ever of Key Part of Hepatitis C Virus

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This is the new picture of hepatitis C's E2 protein, which the virus uses to infect liver cells, will aid in the design of a vaccine against the disease.

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Image by Christina Corbaci, courtesy of The Scripps Research Institute.

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