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Scientists have used advanced X-ray techniques at the UK’s synchrotron science facility, Diamond Light Source, to unravel the secrets of Hepatitis A: a virus that appears to be rather unique. Hep A has proved difficult to study in the past, but for the first time scientists have been able to determine the atomic structure of the virus. Their findings suggest that Hep A may be the evolutionary missing link between picornaviruses, which infect humans and animals, and some insect viruses.
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