By imaging live cells, researchers show how hepatitis C replicates
Monday, December 29, 2008 - 12:41
in Biology & Nature
The hepatitis C virus is a prolific replicator, able to produce up to a trillion particles per day in an infected person. By using live imaging, researchers now know how. Their research shows that within an infected cell, the virus uses a combination of big viral factories and tiny, mobile replication complexes to efficiently churn out copies.