Drugs could boost body's natural virus-killing process
(NEWSER) - Until recently, it was thought that there was no cure for the common cold. Now, new research shows that our immune systems can destroy the cold virus after it has entered a cell, the Independent reports. New antiviral drugs could be developed based on this research within the next few years, scientists believe, and such drugs could also fight viruses like norovirus, which causes vomiting, and rotavirus, which afflicts many children in developing countries with diarrhea. More»