Australia took 3D images of the Sars-CoV-2 virus supporting vaccine production

Australian scientists are using a giant X-ray machine to map the molecular structure of the Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 acute respiratory infection, thereby helping to make the vaccine.

SARS-CoV-2 virus.(Source: commons.wikimedia.org)

Australian scientists are using a giant X-ray machine to map the molecular structure of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 acute respiratory infection, thereby helping to make vaccines. Translate.

According to a reporter in Australia, experts at the Australian Synchrotron Technology and Innovation Center, in Melbourne, have captured 3D images of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with a synchrotron, the largest particle accelerator. in the southern hemisphere, can produce light a million times brighter than the Sun to obtain a clear 3D image of atoms and molecules.

The resulting images are being shared with researchers around the world and used for the development of drugs to prevent the development of SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Australian Synchrotron Director Professor Andrew Peele said researchers need to know how a viral protein is needed to study a drug that can attach to the virus. Professor Peele explains this 'like when keying for a lock , you need to know the size of the lock.'

According to Peele, the technology enables scientists within five minutes to understand the mechanism of why a drug works or does not work when attached to the protein of SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Dozens of samples from all over Australia and Asia were sent to the Australian Synchrotron Center.

Australian Minister of Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrew affirmed that the 3D imaging of SARS-CoV-2 virus will support research to find a solution for the prevention of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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