09/02/2017
Hepatitis C Under the Watchful of ALBA Synchrotron
Hepatitis C Under the Watchful of ALBA Synchrotron
In the last recently released informative video about ALBA synchrotron, MISTRAL beamline researcher Ana Joaquina Pérez Berná, explains how X-rays produced by the electron accelerator allow understanding the action of drugs in liver cells infected with the Hepatitis C virus.
ALBA synchrotron MISTRAL beamline is an X-ray microscope that gives a tomography-based 3D vision of cells. This singular facility (only 4 synchrotrons offer this research tool worldwide) acts as a CT scan but with a 1 million times higher resolution.
In the framework of collaboration with the Biotechnology National Center (CNB-CSIC), Ana Joaquina and her colleagues observed healthy cells and compared their structures to both cells infected with Hepatitis C virus and infected cells treated with three different drugs. Observations have shown, among other things, how one of the three drugs has reversed the situation, turning an infected cell structure into a healthy cell one in only 7 days.
According to Ana Joaquina, MISTRAL offers a bridge experimental technic between classical biochemistry and experiments on mice and patients.
This video, together with other informative videos already released, is available on ALBA synchrotron Youtube channel.
ALBA synchrotron MISTRAL beamline is an X-ray microscope that gives a tomography-based 3D vision of cells. This singular facility (only 4 synchrotrons offer this research tool worldwide) acts as a CT scan but with a 1 million times higher resolution.
In the framework of collaboration with the Biotechnology National Center (CNB-CSIC), Ana Joaquina and her colleagues observed healthy cells and compared their structures to both cells infected with Hepatitis C virus and infected cells treated with three different drugs. Observations have shown, among other things, how one of the three drugs has reversed the situation, turning an infected cell structure into a healthy cell one in only 7 days.
According to Ana Joaquina, MISTRAL offers a bridge experimental technic between classical biochemistry and experiments on mice and patients.
This video, together with other informative videos already released, is available on ALBA synchrotron Youtube channel.
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