University of Manchester scientists have produced the world’s most powerful optical microscope, which could help understand the causes of many viruses and diseases. Writing in the journal Nature ...

The structure of viruses is discussed and illustrated by photographs taken by means of the electron microscope. Among the chapter headings are “Viruses and Tumours” and “Combating the ...

Under the electron microscope, caveolae look to be flask ... (2004). Paradoxically, viruses are often used as model cargos to study different endocytic pathways because successful viral infection ...

The invention of the microscope allowed us to start looking ... and train the immune system to fight some infections. Viruses can be used as tools in medicine, for example bacteriophages - viruses ...

An enhanced picture of virus seen through an electron microscope. Spectacularly detailed ... But now, it is being used to create videos of the body's inner-workings at a hitherto unseen level ...

Light microscopes use light and mirrors and can see things ... and we've been able to get a better understanding of how pathogens, such as viruses, invade cells, like these HIV particles budding ...

However, volunteer studies demonstrated its growth in organ cultures and Dr Tyrrell wondered if it could be seen by an electron microscope. They sent samples to June Almeida who saw the virus ...

Trouble is, doing so with the kind of microscopes you get in a classroom ... did so by making use of a particular type of virus: Mimivirus. To attempt to visualize how it infects cells in real ...

Tokyo, Japan. Mimivirus has a much larger particle size than most viruses and can actually be seen under a light microscope, making it an ideal candidate for use as an educational tool.