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Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Improved Reporter Virus

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Left: In a previous study, Texas Biomed researches tried swapping out a viral gene with a gene for green fluorescent proteins, but that did not result in enough proteins being expressed. Right: In this study, they inserted the fluorescent protein gene next to the most expressed protein of SARS-CoV-2, and that worked very well. Each green spot is reporting one viral particle.

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