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

To: richardred who wrote (2211)	6/19/2005 11:11:31 PM
From: richardred	Respond to of 4232

SARS drug on the shelf 20/6/2005 8:30 A medicine now used to treat schizophrenia was found to be effective in inhibiting the SARS virus, a group of Chinese and European scientists reported yesterday in Hangzhou. The drug cinanserin, which has been used therapeutically since the 1970s, has been identified as a cure for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and is the only ready-to-use medicine among the 15 possible anti-SARS remedies recommended so far by scientists participating in the Sino-European Project on SARS Diagnostics and Antivirals . "The finding means that cinanserin could be directly prescribed to prevent the SARS disease or treat SARS patients if the fatal epidemic mounts a comeback," said Peter Kristensen, a professor at Denmark's University of Aarhus. The 14 other medicines must undergo lengthy animal tests before they can be considered for human treatment, said Kristensen, a participant in the three-year program, which was funded by the European Union and involved eight Chinese and European institutions. Launched last year, the effort aims to find 50 chemical compounds to treat SARS. In the next two years, scientists from China, Germany, Poland and Denmark will continue their search for the other compounds. In addition, scientists working for the program confirmed the discovery of two similar SARS coronaviruses found in animals in the Netherlands and Hong Kong and said monitoring must be stepped up to prevent such viruses from endangering humans. english.eastday.com

To: richardred who wrote (2211)	1/26/2020 10:20:49 PM
From: richardred	Respond to of 4232

Cinanserin? interesting Oldie below Message #2211 from richardred at 6/19/2005 11:05:52 PM Experts Say Schizophrenia Drug Cures SARS By Associated Press Originally published June 19, 2005, 10:06 AM EDT BEIJING -- A drug used to treat schizophrenia has been shown to prevent and treat severe acute respiratory syndrome, according to Chinese and European experts at a conference in China, the government said Sunday. Cinanserin was found to inhibit the coronavirus that causes the deadly flu-like SARS, which first emerged in the country's south in late 2002, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The finding was announced by experts attending a meeting of the Sino-European Project on SARS Diagnostics and Antivirals in the coastal city of Hangzhou. The report said cinanserin was among 15 drugs that appeared effective in preventing SARS but that the other 14 had yet to undergo sufficient testing. "Cinanserin could be directly prescribed to prevent the SARS disease or treat SARS patients if the fatal epidemic mounts a comeback," Peter Kristensen, an expert from Denmark's University of Aarhus, was quoted as saying. The disease killed 349 people in mainland China and sickened thousands worldwide before subsiding in July 2003. Another person died in April in China during a brief outbreak traced to a Beijing laboratory that handled the virus. baltimoresun.com