A new model developed by biomedical researcher Brian Kelch, PhD, and colleagues at UMass Medical School explains how the microscopic motor responsible for packing viral DNA into its tiny protective shell generates the speed and force to overcome pressures ten times greater than that of a sealed bottle of champagne. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, were made using a hardy virus native to super hot hydrothermal vents and may provide a potential new avenue for disabling and killing certain viruses.

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