Drug Hope for SARS Patients

World | June 13, 2003, Friday // 00:00
Drug Hope for SARS Patients As drug hope looms for SARS patients, the personnel in a Taipei hospital bow their heads in a prayer for the afflicted. Photo by AP

Researchers in Germany have identified an existing anti-viral drug which might be used to treat SARS - the respiratory disease that has killed nearly 800 people worldwide. Writing in the medical journal The Lancet, scientists from the Frankfurt Medical School say tests show a drug called Glycyrrhizin is effective against the virus suspected of causing SARS. There are indications that the SARS epidemic, which has infected more than 8,000 people around the world, could be over without the need for drugs.

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