Drug to fight tumors also fights the flu and possibly other viruses

Monday, February 28, 2011 - 12:31 in Health & Medicine

Ever get a flu shot and still get the flu? If so, there's new hope for flu-free winters in the years to come thanks to a new discovery by researchers who found that a drug called DMXAA, originally developed as anti-tumor agent, enhances the ability of flu vaccines to ward off this deadly virus.

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