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Article "New drug could cure nearly any viral infection"
Posted : 14 Aug, 2011 07:28 AM

New drug could cure nearly any viral infection

August 10, 2011 By Anne Trafton

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-drug-viral-infection.html

Excerpt: "Now, in a development that could transform how viral infections are treated, a team of researchers at MIT�s Lincoln Laboratory has designed a drug that can identify cells that have been infected by any type of virus, then kill those cells to terminate the infection...

...Most of the tests reported in this study were done in human and animal cells cultured in the lab, but the researchers also tested DRACO in mice infected with the H1N1 influenza virus. When mice were treated with DRACO, they were completely cured of the infection. The tests also showed that DRACO itself is not toxic to mice.

The researchers are now testing DRACO against more viruses in mice and beginning to get promising results. Rider says he hopes to license the technology for trials in larger animals and for eventual human clinical trials."

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Article "New drug could cure nearly any viral infection"
Posted : 25 Nov, 2011 03:24 PM

Garlic?:ROFL:

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