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Using Artificial, Cell-Like 'Honey Pots' to Entrap Deadly Viruses
ScienceDaily (Mar. 3, 2011) — Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Weill Cornell Medical College have designed artificial "protocells" that can lure, entrap and inactivate a class of deadly human viruses -- think decoys with teeth. The technique offers a new research tool that can be used to study in detail the mechanism by which viruses attack cells, and might even become the basis for a new class of antiviral drugs.
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