Super Virus is the Future of Medicine

Guest: Peter Kasson, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia There is a nearly indestructible virus that lives in the boiling acid of Yellowstone National Park’s bubbling hot springs. Using a fancy microscope and computer models, researchers at the University of Virginia believe they’ve figured out the survival secret of this super virus. It comes down to this virus’s unique membrane—the likes of which no one has ever seen before. Could the secrets of this durable super virus advance the field of medicine—or help us build materials stronger than ever before?