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Iowa State chemists track how drug changes, blocks flu virus
02-01-2008 · EurekAlert!Two Iowa State University chemists have discovered an antivirus drug attacks influenza A by changing the motion and structure of a proton channel necessary for the virus to infect healthy cells. Mei Hong, the John D. Corbett Professor in Chemistry at Iowa State, said the findings are particularly important because mutations of the type A virus are resistant to the antivirus drug.
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