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Drug target for curing the common cold
UK scientists believe they may have found a way to combat the common cold.
Rather than attacking the virus itself, which comes in hundreds of versions, the treatment targets the human host. It blocks a key protein in the body's cells that cold viruses normally hijack to self-replicate and spread. This should stop any cold virus in its tracks if given early enough, lab studies suggest [DOI: 10.1038/s41557-018-0039-2] [DX]. Safety trials in people could start within two years.
The Imperial College London researchers are working on making a form of the drug that can be inhaled, to reduce the chance of side-effects. In the lab, it worked within minutes of being applied to human lung cells, targeting a human protein called NMT, Nature Chemistry journal reports.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday May 16 2018, @08:24PM
Or just get sick.
Your body will make antibodies and you be stronger for it.
There's a good reason dirty country kids tend to be healthier adults. They get childhood diseases* and then recover from them.
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* No, I am not advocating any sort of anti-vaccination nonsense. Some diseases should be avoided.