Pill developed to fight measles passes key test in animals

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Pill developed to fight measles passes key test in animals

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pill-developed-fight-measles-passes-key-test-animals-181327239.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/o4kF1Yy.Ra26BGSmq4XfYQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-04-16T194514Z_1_CBREA3F1IVG00_RTROPTP_2_PAKISTAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Usman Ali, suffering from measles, lies on a bed after being brought to the Mayo Hospital for treatment in Lahore" align="left" title="Usman Ali, suffering from measles, lies on a bed after being brought to the Mayo Hospital for treatment in Lahore" border="0" /></a>In the study, all of the ferrets were infected with canine distemper virus, which is closely related to measles. &quot;The emergence of strong antiviral immunity in treated animals is particularly encouraging, since it suggests that the drug may not only save an infected individual from disease but contribute to closing measles immunity gaps in a population,&quot; Dr. Richard Plemper of Georgia State University said in a statement. The drug was developed specifically for measles. Plemper said it wasn't possible to test the drug against the measles virus because there is no model that replicates human measles in animals.</p><br clear="all"/>

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