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March 27th, 2006
Liposome researchers seek to stop bird flu
Abstract:
A small band of researchers scattered around the country from East Tennessee State University to Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital are about to test a new, nanotech approach to heading off a potential bird flu pandemic.
The scientists are developing liposomes, fatty globules used as a tiny drug delivery device, which contain a mix of antioxidants and anti-viral drugs. The researchers believe that these liposomes, which can be reduced to a size as small as 25 to 50 nanometers, can cripple the lethal chain reaction that allows a virus to replicate, saving the patient.
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