New method to generate virus-like particles, to help with developing antibodies against Nipah
Kozhikode: Health workers in PPE kits at a ‘Nipah’ virus isolation ward, at a medical college in Kozhikode | Photo Credit: – Scientists at the Institute of Advanced Virology (IAV), Thonnakkal, Thiruvananthapuram, have developed a novel way of generating non-infectious Nipah virus-like particles (VLPs) in the laboratory, which mimic the wild type Nipah virus (NiV)….