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Amazon is Reportedly Working on a Cure for the Common Cold

posted by martyb on Sunday March 08 2020, @01:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the facial-tissue-sales-will-plummet dept.

takyon writes:

Amazon is reportedly working to find a cure for the common cold

Amazon disrupted the books, grocery, and shipping business, and now it's set its sights on viral infections. The tech company has apparently tasked a team of employees to research and develop a cure for the common cold, a CNBC report indicates today. Under an effort called "Project Gesundheit," three people familiar with the effort tell CNBC that Amazon is specifically looking to develop a vaccine that would stave off cold infections. This small team exists under the broader Grand Challenge group within Amazon, CNBC says.

This is not a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) story. Do not discuss the coronavirus.

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Sunday March 08 2020, @02:27PM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Sunday March 08 2020, @02:27PM (#968171)

    one vaccine isn't going to protect you from all the many viruses that can cause colds.

    This is the dogma, although (according to a Netflix docu-poli-adver-tainment mini series) there's a guy working on the theory that he can sort of pre-mutate a panopoly of potential viral structures and inoculate with that to prevent heretofore unseen viruses. As far as I watched, he was testing on pigs in South America and showed some success with a series of 7 inoculations - they're trying to get that number down.

    What's needed is a different approach, the "pre-program the immune system to recognize the threat" vaccination theory has been well developed and found its limits long ago. Something like an implant that releases Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) on demand with a "smart" sensor recognizing incipient significant viral infection. Of course, more mechanisms of action in the implant beyond Oseltamivir would also be a TM Very Good Thing.

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