A Drug That Can Cure The Common Cold?
…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 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.
Article here. HT: Tyler
This sounds like a real breakthrough. I cannot help but wonder how long it will take for viruses to develop a defense against it.
Awesome. Devon makes a good point, though.
I visited Boston recently and did the student-led MIT campus tour. WOW. Not only are they really smart folks, but they also reach outside their disciplines to try to solve big problems. I was really impressed.
I share Devon’s thought about drug resistance. Today’s anti-viral drugs are tomorrow’s anti-viral drug resistance problem. But, I suppose I’d rather solve the problem today and have to face it again tomorrow than never solve it at all.
Bring it on.
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