Thursday, August 11, 2011

Drug to Fight Any Viral Infection

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Transmission electron micrograph of the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus
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Scientists at MIT are developing a new drug that may fight viruses as effectively as antibiotics like penicillin dispatch bacteria. The broad-spectrum treatment is designed to trigger cell-suicide in cells that have been invaded by any virus, thereby halting infection, [...]

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