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Biotech / Medical : GUMM - Eliminate the Common Cold
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To: Carl R. who wrote (2002)1/10/2000 11:04:00 AM
From: DanZ  Read Replies (1) of 5582
 
Carl,

Tremacamra was discussed in detail on SI around the time that the JAMA article was published. I don't have specific message numbers but if you are interested in the discussion, you might try scanning this thread and the Dog Pound thread around that date. Howard wrote some very good material at that time. The company that was working on tremacamra scrapped the project just after their article was published in JAMA. I believe that this had more to do with development and marketing issues than the science behind it.

The following link contains information on picornaviruses, of which rhinoviruses are a member. It may not answer your question about all viruses that cause the common cold, but it is interesting information.

www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk

I agree with your comments concerning the probability that Zicam prevents colds that are caused by the rhinovirus. I previously wrote about this subject somewhere on SI and Yahoo. If one accepts the theoretical mechanism of action, that Zicam interferes in the auto-innoculation process, then it follows that Zicam probably also prevents the common cold. The reason is because the auto-innoculation process is nothing more than additional iterations of the initial infection process.

Best regards,

Dan
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