New drug offers novel approach to taming flu virus

A drug that flopped in tests to treat sepsis may offer a new way to treat influenza, researchers reported on Wednesday.If it works in people, it might provide a new defense against emerging new viruses such as the H7N9 bird flu virus circulating in China, other experts said.Tests in rodents show the drug appears to stop the immune system overreaction that so often kills people infected with influe...    

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