Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Breakthrough Portends Cure For the Common Cold

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 02, @08:11AM
from the also-portends-breathless-headlines dept.
breadboy21 writes with this excerpt from the Independent:"Scientists have been able to show for the first time that the body's immune defenses can destroy the common cold virus after it has actually invaded the inner sanctum of a human cell, a feat that was believed until now to be impossible. The discovery opens the door to the development of a new class of antiviral drugs that work by enhancing this natural virus-killing machinery of the cell. Scientists believe the first clinical trials of new drugs based on the findings could begin within two to five years."

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