In X-ray crystallography, scientists turn large quantities of a protein or virus into crystal form, placing it in front of an X-ray beam.
运用X射线晶体学，科学家将大量的蛋白质或者病毒转换成了晶体形式，将其置于一束X射线光束之前。
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As the data was collected from crystal after crystal, Reddy took on the task of merging the massive amounts of information to finally piece together a picture of the virus.