A potential new treatment to hepatitis C is effective in chimpanzee models of the disease, according to a new study. Hepatitis C is highly resistant to treatment, and circulating virus can reinfect patients after a liver transplant. Researchers hope that the new antibody could block reinfection, improving outcomes for transplant patients. A monoclonal antibody developed… [Continue Reading]
Hypoallergenic Geraniums Will Ease Plant-Lovers’ Allergies
September 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Scientists are developing hypoallergenic houseplants that do not produce pollen, described in a new report. The new variety is particularly long-lived, and is altered to lack the male parts of the flower that produce the allergen. New research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC Plant Biology shows how targeting two bacterial genes into… [Continue Reading]