Zymetech ehf.

Zymetech ehf. is an Icelandic company that specializes in the research of enzymes derived from marine organisms.

An experiment conducted at a London laboratory, showed that an enzyme mixture developed by the company, killed the H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus with a 99 % success rate. The mixture kills the virus in less than 5 minutes without damaging healthy cells [Þorskensím drepur fuglaflensu. Fréttablaðið (January 15 2008), p. 1 "(In Icelandic)"] .

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