That is worthy of a Nobel Prize if this works for humans - from Stanford University:
In human cells and mice, a cure for the common cold, Stanford-UCSF study reports
Temporarily disabling a single protein inside our cells might be able to protect us from the common cold and other viral diseases, according to a study led by researchers at Stanford University and University of California-San Francisco.
The findings were made in human cell cultures and in mice.
“Our grandmas have always been asking us, ‘If you’re so smart, why haven’t you come up with a cure for the common cold?’”said Jan Carette, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and immunology. “Now we have a new way to do that.”
The approach of targeting proteins in our own cells also worked to stop viruses associated with asthma, encephalitis and polio.
Fun time to be alive...
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