I wanted to share with you the following video by WNYT:

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The feds are helping a local group of scientists, working on a treatment to kill HIV and other viruses.

“Hocus Locus” is a bio-tech start-up based at SUNY Polytechnic  NewsChannel 13’s Benita Zahn first told you about last month.

It's just been awarded more than $1 million by the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation.

The money will help further research and development of its genetic switch technology.

It essentially allows scientists to activate a kill switch in viruses.

Created: 07/08/2015 6:37 PM WNYT.com By: WNYT Staff