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Montana State University to figure out tricky viruses, adapt for gene therapy

October 26, 2009 /

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Viruses have an uncanny ability to trick cells into letting them inside. Once inside, they take over, says Brian Bothner, a faculty member in Montana State University’s Center for Bio-Inspired Nanomaterials and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry http://www.cbin.montana.edu/ .

Now — with the assistance of an MSU senior who helped renovate the campus duck pond — Bothner has a $1.2 million grant to tap into that talent.

By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service

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