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“Breakthroughs” Podcast: Investigating the New Coronavirus with Karla Satchell, PhD

The outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China is making headlines around the world. In this podcast produced by Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, microbiologist Karla Satchell, PhD, is leading an effort to investigate the structure biology of the components of the virus to ultimately understand how to stop it from replicating in human cells through a medication or vaccine.