The method also shows promise to remove viruses from water.
But patients have contracted viruses from organ donations before – and it can be fatal.
The goal of Burchett's research is to prevent transmission of viruses from mothers to babies.
Humans catch the viruses from exposure to the blood and secretions of sick animals.
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A headline in the newspaper Izvestia warned, "Deadly Viruses From a Moscow Regional Depository Threaten Moscow".
A related approach involves deploying Wolbachia bacteria, which can prevent viruses from entering the salivary glands of mosquitoes.
In addition, the agency said it had received information about tests on viruses from bird cases in Japan.
Except for the havoc they create, it is hard to distinguish the functioning of viruses from other computer functions.
Chinese scientists, he said, took 5,000 samples last year from about 100 animal species and isolated viruses from some.
There are biohazard signs on the doors and airflow systems designed to keep viruses from wafting out of laboratories.
