The sprint to solve coronavirus protein structures — and disarm them with drugs

The sprint to solve coronavirus protein structures — and disarm them with drugs

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“I’ve been working on coronaviruses for 20 years, and most of the time it was neglected and not taken seriously. Now that it’s happened, how can I leave?”

Structural biologist Rolf Hilgenfeld was supposed to retire on 1 April owing to a mandatory retirement policy. He’s still at work — as one of the leading investigators of the structure of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. (Nature | 13 min read)
Read more: This scientist hopes to test coronavirus drugs on animals in locked-down Wuhan (Nature, from January)