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Nature Medicine study shows Peregrine's bavituximab can cure lethal virus infections

Published November 23, 2008, 10:25 am, EurekAlert!

( BioCom Partners ) A new strategy for antiviral therapy targets a lipid on the inside of cell membranes that flips inside-out onto the surface of virally infected cells and viruses. Antibodies binding this unique target demonstrate potent antiviral activity in lethal virus models. Since the target belongs to the host, this approach works across viruses and is not subject to resistance-causing ...

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