Modified tobacco can treat HIV
Researchers working for the University of Louisville’s Owensboro Cancer Research Program are reporting that they have been testing a gel that has been produced from a plant that is close to the tobacco family as a viable treatment for HIV.
It has been found that the plant nicotiana benthamiana contains a protein known as griffifthsin, this [...]
One shot Flu job on the way
Scientists are working on what can only be described as a super drug that could protect everyone against all types of flu from the common variety that we tend to get during the winter to the serious and deadly bird flu.
A single injection of this anti viral drug will protect the patient for life against [...]
Gene that blocks HIV
Researchers at the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Alberta has been working with gene technology and in fact in the process have found a gene which can actually block the HIV infection from advancing.
The gene that is called TRIM22 has been tested in a cell culture where it was seen [...]
Cancer can thrive on stress
As if having the worries that come along with virtually everyone’s daily life are not bad enough it now turns out that according to researchers at the Fox Chase Cancer Centre in Philadelphia that leading stressful life could make it harder to fight against the virus which causes the vast amount of cervical cancer cases.
“Women [...]