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The body's fight against COVID-19 explained using 3D-printed models

  • Written by Nathan Ahlgren, Assistant Professor of Biology, Clark University
The body's fight against COVID-19 explained using 3D-printed modelsNeutralizing antibodies attach to the tips of the spike proteins of the SARS CoV-2 virus.David Goodsell/ProteinDatabase, CC BY-SA

Editor’s note: In this interview, Nathan Ahlgren, assistant professor of biology at Clark University, uses 3D-printed models to explain what proteins do in viruses, how they interact with human cells, how the...

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