Covid Virus Model

Description

A simple model of the Covid 19 Virus demonstrating the exterior surface. The bulbous projections seen on the outside of the Corona virus are spike proteins (red). This fringe of proteins gives the virus its crown-like appearance from which the Latin name corona is derived. The spike proteins act as grappling hooks that allow the virus to latch onto host cells and crack them open for infection. Like all viruses, Corona viruses are unable to thrive and reproduce outside of a living host.