PARIS: A professor from Britain’s University of Leeds said he just discovered the enigma code of viruses. The enigma code was the best instrument to winning World War II and what professor Peter Stockley discovered is the defeat of viral attacks.
According to Stockley, “Down at the kind of molecular level, this kind of biology is like molecular warfare.”
“And this code is a vital part of how the virus attacks.”
For his study, Stockley worked with University of New York which started by understanding the way viruses assemble.
In his research, Stockley wrote that virus consist of a strand of genetic information, RNA, encased in protein. Once they have attached to a host cell (say cold virus), they unspool their genetic contents and take control of the cell’s machinery to churn out copied versions of the RNA strand and the protein shell it comes in. The sequence was recorded by Stockley and his team. Once the cell created a new protein, it enveloped the RNA and encase it. It is called “Harry Potter moment” according to Stockley.
To crack the code on how the protein encase the RNA automatically, mathematician Reidun Twarock, a professor at the University of York cracked the code.
According to Stockley and his team, understanding the code and finding a way to break it means finding a solution to stop colds and other virus related illnesses.
