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• Existing anti-obesity drugs may be effective against flu, hepatitis and HIV

  Viruses dramatically increase cellular metabolism, and existing anti-obesity drugs may represent a new way to block these metabolic changes and inhibit viral infection, according to a study published today in the journal Nature Biotechnology . <a Read More...
  Posted Sunday, September 28, 2008 2:45 PM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: Obesity, Viruses, Flu, HIV, hepatitis, anti-viral therapeutics

• Tamiflu could boost drug-resistant flu in wild birds

  In a flu pandemic, millions of people are expected to take the antiviral drug Tamiflu, but new research shows that ultimately much of the drug will pass through the people taking it and end up in waterways. Chances are it will then linger long enough... Read more
  Posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 7:41 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Flu, Tamiflu, Drug-resistant viruses