... what if we just devised a way to kill viruses in general—all of them? Researchers at MIT have developed an early-stage approach that may do just that. Called DRACO (Double-stranded RNA Activated Caspase Oligomerizer, also the Latin word for dragon), the new procedure induces death in any cell suffering from the virus—while letting unaffected cells live. By Caleb Garling | Digital Trends – Thu, Aug 4, 2011An article found on the web on Yahoo News The article describes the initial research results. I'm wondering if our bee researchers might not hop on that band wagon and see what the process does the the viruses we've found in our beehives. Mike in LA *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm