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Tumor-killing virus nearly doubles survival time of brain cancer patients
Posted in Science on 5th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
Instead of directly killing a cancer cell, the virus lays the groundwork for targeted drug strikes.
NHS will not fund anti-HIV Prep drug plan
Posted in Medicine on 2nd Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
NHS England has reiterated it will not fund a "game-changer" drug treatment that can prevent HIV.
IBM Medical Antivirus may enable vaccination against all viruses
Posted in Medicine on 14th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
The new macromolecule composed of several components creates a powerful action that fights viral infection and replication while inhibiting drug resistance.
Antibody therapy opens door to potential new treatment for HIV
Posted in Science on 9th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
In aclinical trial, researchers gave participants with a single dose of 3BNC117, a so-called broadly neutralizing antibody capable of fighting a wide range of HIV strains.
Rapid, low-cost detection of Zika virus using paper-based synthetic gene networks
Posted in Science on 7th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
The sample is applied to the sensors, triggering a response that provides visually evident results in as little as an hour.