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From: Allan Harris	10/30/2005 10:37:02 AM
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A back-door entry to new ideas for the basket? A Blood-pressure drugs could help fight flu 16 July 2005 Debora MacKenzie Magazine issue 2508 Common drugs might help protect humans against a flu pandemic by preventing the development of a lethal lung condition COMMON blood-pressure drugs might help protect us against a flu pandemic by preventing the development of a lethal lung condition. The condition, called acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), can be triggered by noxious gases or infections that damage the lung. One such infection was SARS, the virus that emerged in China in 2003. ARDS is the result of a runaway response of the host's own immune system, and once it starts there is almost nothing doctors can do. Around half of patients who develop ARDS die, and most of those killed by SARS had ARDS. Now researchers have shown that the SARS virus unleashes the runaway immune response by boosting levels of a signalling chemical called angiotensin II in the lung. The same molecule has long been known to increase blood pressure through its actions elsewhere in the body. Crucially, this and other work by the group shows that some ... The complete article is 493 words long. newscientist.com

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