Friday, 7 September 2012

Harnessing anticancer drugs for the future fight against influenza

Harnessing anticancer drugs for the future fight against influenza: Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Sep 07, 2012


Medical Systems Virology group at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) at the University of Helsinki, together with its national and international collaborators, developed a new cell screening method that can be used to identify potential anti-influenza drugs.

The researchers were able to identify two novel compounds with anti-influenza activity, obatoclax and gemcitabine an