Yog
Aug 11th, 2011, 07:12:41 AM
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Normally, when I read sensationalist claims, I don't give it too much attention, but from what I am reading, the research seems credible. This could be the real deal:
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/antiviral-0810.html
In a paper published July 27 in the journal PLoS One, the researchers tested their drug against 15 viruses, and found it was effective against all of them — including rhinoviruses that cause the common cold, H1N1 influenza, a stomach virus, a polio virus, dengue fever and several other types of hemorrhagic fever.
The drug works by targeting a type of RNA produced only in cells that have been infected by viruses. “In theory, it should work against all viruses,” says Todd Rider, a senior staff scientist in Lincoln Laboratory’s Chemical, Biological, and Nanoscale Technologies Group who invented the new technology.
Basically, they found a drug which is going to be effective against any virus you can think of, from common cold, ebola, AIDS, polio, flu, dengu, rabies etc. Provided the drug is safe to use by humans, this could be the greatest medical discovery since penicillin.
Normally, when I read sensationalist claims, I don't give it too much attention, but from what I am reading, the research seems credible. This could be the real deal:
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/antiviral-0810.html
In a paper published July 27 in the journal PLoS One, the researchers tested their drug against 15 viruses, and found it was effective against all of them — including rhinoviruses that cause the common cold, H1N1 influenza, a stomach virus, a polio virus, dengue fever and several other types of hemorrhagic fever.
The drug works by targeting a type of RNA produced only in cells that have been infected by viruses. “In theory, it should work against all viruses,” says Todd Rider, a senior staff scientist in Lincoln Laboratory’s Chemical, Biological, and Nanoscale Technologies Group who invented the new technology.
Basically, they found a drug which is going to be effective against any virus you can think of, from common cold, ebola, AIDS, polio, flu, dengu, rabies etc. Provided the drug is safe to use by humans, this could be the greatest medical discovery since penicillin.