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A blue virus and a red virus connected at the middle.

August 26, 2024

COVID virus evolves more rapidly in the central nervous system than in the lungs, study finds 

Viral evolution in the brain could produce variants of concern, neurological symptoms

Michael Caffrey, graduate student Nitin Jayakumar, and Igor Paprotny work in the Nanofabrication Lab.

May 2, 2023

A smoke detector for viruses?  

UIC biologist and engineer collaborate on new monitoring tech

Deepak Shukla

February 14, 2018

A new class of drug to treat herpes simplex virus infection

Drug works in cells instead of on virus