DRACO Revolutionary Broad Range Antivirus

Double-stranded RNA Activated Caspase Oligomerizers or shortly known as DRACO were revolutionary broad range antivirus invented MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Dr. Todd Rider, Scott Wick, Christina Zook, Tara Boettcher, Jennifer Pancoast and Benjamin Zusman succesfully designed a medication that can identify cells that have been infected by any type of virus, then kill those cells to terminate the infection.

These invention truly big improvement on the present situation, in which viruses have been on the rampage around the world because of lack of effective treatments. Viruses are highly adaptable, but this time they may not even have a way of developing resistance.

The new approach was tested on very nasty major diseases, such as : Dengue fever, Ebola, The common cold, and Polio. This is great science- Being able to identify infected cells means the ability to accurately target them. Lincoln’s researchers may have hit an all-time principle for treatment of disease. This is bigger than penicillin, if the new line of attack works as well as it seems. Viruses survive because they can trick the immune system but there’s a weak point- They have to create special double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)to operate the cell for reproduction. The new approach turns those tricks into liabilities, identifying the tell-tale signs of infection. DRACOs are developed from a type of natural DNA which binds to cells and sets off a process called “cell suicide” which prevents the viruses from replicating. DRACOs doesn’t attack cells unless they show the tell-tale signs of infection.

Eventough this new medication still need more time before they could apply it to human but still is revolutionary invention we need in order to combat virus resistance. Hope this could be the end for any kind of viruses. (Sciencedaily.com)

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