Nanoparticles loaded with bee venom kill HIV - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis

Nanoparticles (purple) carrying melittin (green) fuse with HIV (small circles with spiked outer ring), destroying the virus’s protective envelope. Molecular bumpers (small red ovals) prevent the nanoparticles from harming the body’s normal cells, which are much larger in size. (Image: Joshua L. Hood, MD, PhD) Nanoparticles carrying a toxin found in bee venom can destroy human immunodeficiency viru

[kssm]

ハチ〜。お前らすげーな。でもスズメバチこえーから嫌いや[medicine]

[charliecgo]

ポア型毒素をナノパーティクルにくっつけておくと、毒素は大きな細胞にはくっつかないが、小さいウイルスにはくっついて穴を開けて破壊するのだという。避妊ジェルに使えるとな。