Could a drug engineered from bananas fight many deadly viruses? New results show promise

Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 13:00 in Biology & Nature

A banana a day may not keep the doctor away, but a substance originally found in bananas and carefully edited by scientists could someday fight off a wide range of viruses, new research suggests. And the process used to create the virus-fighting form may help scientists develop even more drugs, by harnessing the 'sugar code' that our cells use to communicate. That code gets hijacked by viruses and other invaders.

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