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NanoViricides files grant application for broad-spectrum nanoviricides drugs

If successful, a broad-spectrum nanoviricide could be employed as an important Medical CounterMeasure against bio-terrorism and emerging infectious diseases such as Ebola or Marburg, and dengue.

The company has already demonstrated that some of the nanoviricides it has created are broad-spectrum. It is believed that viruses are unlikely to escape such broad-spectrum nanoviricides by mutation because such mutations would also cause a loss of infectivity.

The company said that it has assembled a team comprising several renowned institutions and companies for the proposed project. There is no guarantee that the grant application will result in any funding.