Scientists at MIT say they've developed a promising new drug that appears to not only be able to attack the common cold, but just about any other virus as well.
The drug goes by the name DRACO (Double-stranded RNA Activated Caspase Oligomerizer--uh, I'll stick with the acronym) and is made using the defense mechanism of living cells. The drug reportedly attacks cells that have been infected with a virus, without harming healthy cells. DRACO attaches itself to virus-tainted cells and contains a protein that initiates a process by which the infected cells kill themselves. If DRACO encounters a healthy cell along the way, it simply waves hello and leaves it alone.
TVNL Comment: You will never see this drug on the market. It will destroy entire industries that make money on you being sick. That is why no cold and flu medicines do anything other than make you feel better while you are ill (if they do that at all.) The drug companies want to you stay ill for as long as possible. The longer you have a cold the more meds you buy. It is their business to keep you sick. This drug will never get any FDA approval for this reason and only for this reason. And the number of illnesses that this drug can potentially treat goes way beyond colds and flues.
