Viruses are nature’s master engineers ... reimagining nanocages in tetrahedral, octahedral, and icosahedral shapes. The standout is the icosahedral nanocage, with a diameter of 75 nanometers ...

Viruses are uniquely designed to encapsulate ... and successfully designed nanocages in tetrahedral, octahedral, and icosahedral shapes for the first time. The resulting nanostructures are ...

RNA viruses are a diverse group of pathogens that rely on their unique structural properties and self-assembly mechanisms to infect host cells and propagate. Understanding the structure and ...

On the other hand, it is a leading cause of virus-associated birth defects ... the particle is the viral DNA that is surrounded by an icosahedral capsid. Between the capsid and the envelope ...