Like Ebola, the Sudan virus enters cells by binding to NPC1, a protein responsible for cholesterol transport. Using cryo-electron microscopy, the researchers mapped how the Sudan virus interacts with ...

The variable accelerating voltage permits the observation of negative stained proteins, bacteria, viruses ... Image J or Photoshop. The lab is set up for correlative microscopy where the same sample ...

The scanning electron ... a light microscope, and can produce images of up to 500,000 times greater magnification. The SEM can generate precise images of organisms as tiny as viruses and ...

The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a fatality rate of 50% but remains poorly understood in terms of how it infects cells. Currently, no approved treatments exist.