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Potential cure for common cold will help COPD sufferers

A tiny molecule found in the immune systems of humans and animals could be used to develop a cure for the common cold, new research suggests.

A tiny molecule found in the immune systems of humans and animals could be used to develop a cure for the common cold, new research suggests. Now it is hoped scientists will use this information to develop drugs that treat the common cold and help to protect sufferers of chronic lung conditions like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for whom viral infections can be extremely serious. A team at Edinburgh Napier University have uncovered exciting new possibilities for treatments based on €˜antimicrobial peptides’ that occur naturally in humans and animals, and increase in response to infection. A five-year study into

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