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Researchers at MIT’s Lincoln Lab have developed technology that may someday cure the common cold, influenza and other ailments.
Most bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as penicillin, discovered decades ago. However, such drugs are useless against viral infections, including influenza, the common cold, and deadly hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola.
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.
“In theory, it should work against all viruses,” said Todd Rider, a senior staff scientist at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory who invented the new technology.
A handful of drugs can target specific viruses by interfering with their replication process, through addition of modified DNA building blocks or the blocking of enzymes the viruses need to stimulate the replication process. But viruses are wily bugs, and they can evolve to resist these treatments.
Originally posted by starwarsisreal
It will be gone in Five, Four Three, Two, One. Big Pharma as usual will make sure this drug wouldn't go public.
Originally posted by RUSSO
This is instant Nobel Prize, unless Rossi's cold fusion claim is true
Originally posted by starwarsisreal
It will be gone in Five, Four Three, Two, One. Big Pharma as usual will make sure this drug wouldn't go public.