An MIT scientist and his team are defending their biotech research against an accusation that they misled the scientific community about their discovery of new treatments for the flu and Zika viruses
A prominent MIT researcher is defending himself and his team’s research against an accusation that they misled the scientific community about the discovery of two drugs in development, including a treatment for the flu virus that has attracted federal funding.
The influenza and Zika treatments under scrutiny were described in research conducted by Dr. Ram Sasisekharan and a team at his bioengineering lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and developed at companies he co-founded.
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