Scientists searching for better diagnostic tests,
drugs or vaccines against a virus must all begin by deciphering the
structure of that virus. And when the virus in question is highly
pathogenic, investigating, testing or developing these can be quite
dangerous. Prof. Roy Bar-Ziv, Staff Scientist Dr. Shirley Shulman
Daube, Dr. Ohad Vonshak, a former research student in Bar-Ziv’s
lab, and current research student Yiftach Divon have an original
solution to this obstacle. They demonstrated the production of
viral parts within artificial cells.
