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Blood Pressure Enzyme May Help Battle SARS
Washington, DC - An enzyme that regulates blood pressure also is involved in infection by the SARS virus, a discovery that may lead to new ways of treating diseases that cause lung failure.
Learning how SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) became a deadly threat "possibly teaches us a lesson on how to actively fight so diverse and dreadful diseases as SARS, avian flu or the effects of such biotech weapons as anthrax," said Dr. Josef Penninger of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.