http://www.mitretek.org/offer/energy/cw_page/cwagent.html
There is a minor problem finding a sufficient number of test volunteers for
producing a statistically valid sample. Once this problem is cleared up,
however, we should be well on our way to an actual anti-viral agent against
the influenza virus, which has posed a ongoing health threat to our
species. (20 million died of influenza in 1918 alone.)
- Joe
P.S. File under "the operation was a success, but alas, the patient..."
Joseph S. Barrera III (joebar@microsoft.com)
http://www.research.microsoft.com/research/barc/joebar
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Subject: FW: DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 1/28/97 10:15 PST
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>XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 1/28/97 10:15 PST
>
>POTENTIAL FLU CURE
>
>Excitement is growing in the medical community as drug researchers
>announced
>within the past hour that they have developed a compound which cures
>flu in
>lab animals. Researchers from GILEAD SCIENCES INC. in Foster City,
>California, working with HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE of Nutley, New Jersey, say
>they
>expect to try the compound on humans over the next few weeks. The
>secret
>substance can be taken orally and blocks one of the key enzymes found
>in
>common flu virus.
>
>XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 1/28/97 10:15 PST
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