Breakthrough: A new drug that could cure everything from colds to HIV

[Brother_Bliss]

Is a cure for the common cold on the way?

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By Stephanie Hegarty | BBC World Service

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In the northern hemisphere, cold and flu season is upon us. But the coughing, wheezing and spluttering masses that hit the streets each winter could, some scientists hope, soon be a thing of the past.

The reason for this optimistic thought is the progress being made towards the creation of a drug known as an antiviral.

Just as antibiotics kill many different types of bacteria, antivirals could kill multiple viruses, from the ubiquitous cold and flu to the life-threatening hepatitis virus and HIV. They could even prove crucial in the case of viral epidemics like Sars and bird flu.

Full Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16165605

[sweetwillow58]

That would be awesome. Jehovah's permanent cure for illnesses will be even better. It will ALWAYS work and there will be NO side effects. Unless you call perfect health a side effect. I could live with that

[sweetwillow58]

Actually, now I think about it, that is what we were treated with a couple years ago when Leon and I both got Swine Flu.

[Rosalie4u]

I have a sister-in-law that is now on anti-viral medication because she has fibromyalgia and tested positive for 3 viruses (which it appears that causes the symptoms of fibromyalgia after doing much research). So anti-viral medications are here already.

[Joey]

This is great news.I hope it's what we have been waiting

for.