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In an effort to confront our most familiar malady, scientists have deciphered the instruction manual for the common cold. - 2/13/2009
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A multi-institutional team of researchers has deciphered the complete
genetic sequences of all of the world's 99 known strains of human
rhinovirus, the viruses responsible for the common cold. The sequences
provide a detailed blueprint for the virus, showing how new strains
develop and revealing pressure points that may lead to new antiviral
drugs. Here, a rhinovirus particle at atomic resolution is superimposed
over a representation of the RNA molecule that encodes the virus genome.
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