<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/2025-8-how-viruses-know-what’s-theirs.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><categories>Discovery Science,Health Science and Innovation</categories><broadcast>bmb,chemistry</broadcast><articlePreview/><pubDate>08/15/2025</pubDate><title>How viruses know what’s theirs</title><subTitle/><description>Learning from nature's packaging experts could lead to anti-virals, gene therapy, and the next generation of RNA-based therapeutics.</description><highlights><br/><!--EndFragment --></highlights><author>Connor Yeck</author><hero-image><img src="" alt=""/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2025/2025-8-cryo-380.png" alt="Two figures stand beside a large, blue-lit microscope tower."/></image></item>