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Article: New Cold Treatment Developed at University of Virginia.
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- July 8, 2002
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Byline: University of Virginia Health System
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the University of Virginia have developed a new combination drug therapy that delivers a one-two punch to knock out colds. In study results reported in the current on-line issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, subjects used a new combination of drugs that stopped their viral infection and reduced symptoms by as much as 73 percent with no serious side effects.
"The new treatment is based on delivering a double blow to the cold illness," said principal investigator and the study's lead author Dr. Jack M. Gwaltney, Jr., chairman, Division of ...