Last updated on August 21, 2011
A group of MIT researchers have apparently developed a drug that apparently has the potential to destroy any and all viral infections:
The drug will supposedly fight viruses as effectively as penicillin treats bacteria.”
If this pans out, this could be the biggest medical innovation in a long time. The drug, called DRACO, apparently works by pushing infected cells to suicide, and I have even seen speculation online about how this could even cure AIDS.
Over at orgtheory, Fabio Rojas explains why the publication of this discovery in PLoS One may well constitute a landmark event in academic publishing.