A quote from the article on its relevance to future pandemics: “We don’t know what the next pandemic virus will be,” Das said, “but we’re pretty confident it w

A quote from the article on its relevance to future pandemics: “We don’t know what the next pandemic virus will be,” Das said, “but we’re pretty confident it will be a single-strand RNA virus transmitted from animals to humans, and it will likely have a few bits of RNA that resist mutation. With this accelerated system we’ve developed, it now seems feasible to study viruses found in humans or animals, look for those conserved bits, quickly determine their 3D RNA structures and develop antivirals against them.”