Some more pictures from kestrel.
This is the Heartland Virus. It was named after the Heartland Regional Medical Center, and not for the shape:
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This is Adenovirus, which can actually be genetically modified and used is gene therapy and in vaccines for viruses, including SARS-CoV-2:
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Lassa Virus can cause a severe illness and can be caught from rodents in parts of West Africa:
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Bluetongue virus causes disease in cattle, sheep, and goats. I think the inner shapes are particularly beautiful:
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I love these so much!
There is a caveat to this. For vaccines you can effectively use a specific virus from the Adeno family only once without risking that the body reacts to the virus and not the payload. It also means you need to remove the viruses that are commonly found in humans.
The first was the main reason that the Russians went with two different Adenoviruses for the first and second dose of their COVID vaccine (then flubbed the execution due to the refusal to present trial results and lack of quality control).
The second is why for example Oxford (licensed by AZ) used a chimpanzee adenovirus to deliver the payload.
Beautiful again.
Beautiful again, and really incredible scissor work, so neat!