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Universal Flu Drug Stops All Flu Types

by Pat Coate | February 24, 2009
"This really is an important advance in the field of antiviral therapy."
- Dr. Wayne Marasco, researcher

La Jolla, California, USA - A new kind of drug cocktail kills all types of flu bugs and could protect against pandemic or seasonal flu.

At the core of the breakthrough was the finding that the vulnerable part of the flu virus is not the part attacked by current flu vaccines.

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