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Biotech / Medical : SARS and Avian Flu -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jackmore who wrote (761)	5/8/2003 10:24:16 PM
From: Biomaven	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4232

'The progression of the disease to respiratory failure might not be associated with uncontrolled viral replication but may, in fact, be immunopathological in nature,' he said. This is a possibility I discussed on this thread a month back: Message 18828602 Of course steroids are likely a double-edged sword - they block the immune response enough so that although they may save your life from an immune response run amok they also prevent you from clearing the virus quickly. I guess the same would likely be true with other immunosuppressants like cyclosporine. It's also not impossible that the anti-TNF drugs like AMGN's Remicade might also be useful, although there is no precedent that I know of for letting drugs like these anywhere near an infectious disease. Peter