In an attempt to understand this new pathogen better, musician and engineer Markus Buehler and his colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have assigned each protein and structural form a musical equivalent.
"As you listen, you may be surprised by the pleasant, even relaxing, tone of the music," Professor Buehler said.
Taking a musical approach could also be used to design drugs to attack the virus, he said.
For example, scientists could search for a new protein that matches the melody and rhythm of antibodies that could interfere with the virus's ability to infect.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020-04-06/coronavirus-music-scientists-translate-spike-proteins-melody/12124424