Benhur Lee may have discovered a medical silver bullet that can disable pandemic HIV, exotic Ebola, the common flu and possibly every kind of enveloped virus on the planet. (scientificamerican.com)
Experiments conducted by Asit K. Pattnaik and other scientists affiliated with the Nebraska Center for Virology showed that the mutated virus involved in the recent outbreaks contains a sugar, known as N - linked glycan, in the protein enveloping the virus. (sciencedaily.com)
The barrier function was not unique to HIV particles and would likely trap other enveloped viruses as well. (sciencedaily.com)