Nanorobot takes on hepatitis C virus, wins

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A new scientific breakthrough points to a new way of treating the Hepatitis C virus, which infects 170 million people worldwide. Researchers at the University of Florida have created nanorobots that can attack the very mechanism of viral replication. It acts on a cellular level as a tiny particle destroys the mechanism that reproduces the proteins related to the disease... Continue Reading Nanorobot takes on hepatitis C virus, wins

Section: Health and Wellbeing

Tags: Nanoparticles, University of Florida, Virus

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