New Understanding Of Dengue Virus Points Way To Possible Therapies For Dengue Fever
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 22:21
in Health & Medicine
By painstakingly silencing genes one at a time, scientists have identified dozens of proteins the dengue fever virus depends upon to grow and spread among mosquitoes and humans. The research opens the door to new ways to potentially prevent or treat the disease, which infects millions of people around the globe every year.
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