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...University of California researchers have discovered something that seems to stop the tenacious virus dead in its tracks: extracts from common red seaweed that have been known since 1964 to have antibacterial and antifungal properties. Acting on a hunch, Virologist E. Frank Deig and Graduate Student Douglas Ehresmann decided to find out if the extracts might also be effective against viruses. Since 1974 they have examined for antiviral properties 29 varieties of red algae common to northern California waters. Each variety was washed in distilled water, dried, boiled and homogenized in a blender. A 1 % solution of the resulting liquid...
Should the extract eventually be used on humans, according to Ehresmann, it will probably be applied in ointment form directly to the developing herpes sores. That day would come none too soon for millions of herpes sufferers. Says Ehresmann: "Herpes virus disease is very disabling and disrupts the life of a victim. Any substance that could help control it would be a significant contribution to human health...
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