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Sept. 16, 2020
NEWS / LOCAL
New method allows scientists to
time- and labor-consuming.
Furthermore, the results were consistent with
Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy detects how el of a representative virus. However, this averaging
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up. Most people knew him operating the local corn dog
stand in all the surrounding towns. He was employed at
Pool Side Grocery on Hwy 49. The last 15 years he was
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scopes. These tools use beams of electrons to probe phage MS2. The researchers were able to distin-
the virions’ intricate molecular structures. Howev- guish the herpes and bacteriophage virions with
er, preparing samples for electron microscopy is 100% accuracy.
A tale of two viruses
By combining the two methods, the team com-
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Probing the nano world
Most viruses are too small to be seen under
Brannon
Graveside service for
Larry J. Brannon, 56, a res-
ident of Mt. Pleasant will
be 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept.
19,2020 at Piney Cemetery
in Mt. Pleasant with Pas-
tor Joe Lewis, officiating.
Interment will follow in
Piney Cemetery under the
direction of Tumey Mortu-
ary, Mt. Pleasant.
Larry James Brannon
Gene Brady Ryan, 66
of Cason, passed away on
Sept. 11, 2020 at his sis-
ter’s home. He was born
on Dec. 31, 1953 to the
late Harris Beal Ryan and
Virginia Twine Ryan in
Pittsburg.
He started working
from the young age of 6
selling Grit Newspapers
door to door. He did many
odd jobs for many resi-
dents in Cason growing
Over 28 Years
Experience
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Ronnie Lee Taylor, age
66, of Mt. Vernon, Texas
passed away on Thursday,
September 10, 2020 at his
home.
There will be a me-
morial service at Sam B.
Harvey Funeral Home at a
later date. Honorary Pall-
bearers will be The Vin-
yards Coffee Club and The
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tification has always been important in the past, abled the team to determine the viruses’ overall
and this year it’s even more important because we build and surface qualities and composition.
Texas A&M AgriLife researchers combine two cutting-edge
techniques to study virions surface, interior
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a sample scatters laser light. This technique en-
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pared the surface and overall structure of the virus ity’ he said. “Now, we can look at what actually hap-
can conceal the true range of shapes a virus can take.
“Viruses can be described in terms of a Lego puz-
zle. Different structures can be built from the same
Sonic Crew.
Ronnie was born in Mt. Pleasant, Texas on April 24,
1954 to William Edward and Joyce “McCollum” Taylor.
He worked in farming and loved working with construc-
tion equipment.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
said, “Always a friend to everyone”.
Gene s survived by his loving sister, Audrey Alexan-
der; brother and sister-in-law, Harold and Deana Ryan
of Illinois; nephew and spouse, Dean and Sheri; neph-
ew, Ricky; and numerous cousins, great nieces and great
nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his sister,
Patsy Martin; and his brother, Harris Ryan, II.
A visitation will be held on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020
from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral
Home in Mount Pleasant. A graveside service will be
held on Monday, Sept. 14,2020 at 2 p.m. at Blevins Cem-
etery i n Cason.
The family requests donations be made to Heart to
Heart Hospice, American Cancer Society, or to any char-
recently in Analytical Chemistry.
“The need for very fast and accurate virus iden-
partment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, who led gain information about the virions’ internal struc
the study. “If someone has flu-like symptoms, how ture.
can we quickly distinguish the flu from COVID-19?”
occurs at the surfaces of the virus and the host cell.
The new combination of methods does not aver-
age shapes but instead examines individual virus
particles.
“Before, we had no tool to study this heterogene-
quickly ‘view’ individual virus particles
Survivors include his daughter, Stephanie Elaine Tay- also the Maintenance Service Provider for ASAP Septic
lor-Whitlow and her husband, Kirk of Denton, Texas; son, Systems. Gene had a heart larger than life and always
Cory Wayne Taylor and his wife Ketrell of Mt. Vernon, TX; made sure he helped his family, friends, and customers.
3 grandchildren; sister, Judy Tinsley of Mt. Vernon, Texas When asked what he wanted to be remembered for he
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a typical microscope. So, scientists often study that causes cold sores, herpes simplex virus Type pens in nature.”
flash-frozen virus samples with electron micro- 1, to that of a virus that infects bacteria, bacterio-
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* :iza, SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses come in Kurouski’s team used a combination of two so- those obtained by the gold standard method,
a wide variety of shapes and sizes, and by studying phisticated techniques that, in theory, should re- cryo-electron microscopy. Junjie Zhang, Ph.D., as-
these shapes, scientists can learn how they func- quire almost no sample preparation. Kurouski’s sistant professor in the Department of Biochem-
tion and how viral illnesses might be conquered. lab is unique in its ability to use both methods istry and Biophysics, led the electron microscopy
A composite image of her es simplex virus parti- — tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and atom- experiments.
cles, obtaine by AFM-IR. (Image courtesy c Dmi- ic-force microscopy-infrared spectroscopy. Tianyi
try Kurouski) Dou, a graduate student in Kurouski’s lab, per- A super tiny Lego set
Now, a team of Texas A&M AgriLife researchers formed the experiments. Besides the need to prepare and freeze samples,
has demonstrated a noninvasive way to study v In both methods, the samples are approached the gold-standard method has another drawback,
ruses that is quicker and more fine-grained than with an extremely sharp metal needle covered with Kurouski said. Cryo-electron microscopy involves
the gold standard method. The study appeared gold. averaging shapes to build a three-dimensional mod-
was born Oct. 28, 1963 to Eugene and Alfie Craddock ity of choice in honor of Gene Ryan.
frannon in Mt. Pleasar and died Monday, Sept. 14,2020. “Let your smile change the world, not the world
Viewing will be Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 at the funeral change our smile.”
home from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. And there will be no formal An online registry is available at batescoopersloanffi-
visitation with the family. Online condolence at www.neralhome.com.
tumeymortuary.com.
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io V that viruses change; t ey mutate, sai Dmit- Using atomic-force microscopy-infrared micros- building blocks,” Kurouski said.
ry Kurouski, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Texas copy, the team was able to see how the samples ab- And, a virus’s shape likely plays a big part in infec-
A&M College c Agrici e and Life Sciences De- sorb infrared light. This allowed the researchers to tion, he said, because the first step toward infection
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