Forced evolution: Can we mutate viruses to death?
Monday, November 10, 2008 - 17:49
in Mathematics & Economics
It sounds like a science fiction movie: A killer contagion threatens the Earth, but scientists save the day with a designer drug that forces the virus to mutate itself out of existence. The killer disease? Still a fiction. The drug? It could become a reality thanks to a new study by Rice University bioengineers.