First genomic study of common cold reveals new treatment targets

Monday, October 27, 2008 - 08:49 in Biology & Nature

Scientists from Procter and Gamble (P and G), the University of Calgary and the University of Virginia announced results from the first study to examine the entire human genome's response to the most common cold virus, human rhinovirus. The research confirmed, at the genomic level, that the immune system response to the virus, and not the virus by itself, results in common cold symptoms...

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