Or at least his honey pot does. Or cells they're calling honey-pot cells. Same diff.
They're actually artificially designed cells made to appear like delicious virus targets. However, since viruses can only infect a cell once, by attacking the decoy, fake cells, they then become inactive. The researchers tested their "honey pot protocells" by using virus particles altered to cause infected cells to fluoresce, thereby visually showing the near-100% success rate. They're hypothesizing that since this uses the virus's own mode of infection, viruses will be less likely to "grow immune" to the cells. Clever, ya? Details at the link!
-Miss Mouse
References and Links
Honey Pot Virus-Killas: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/574035/
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