Then the AIDS pandemic triggered a cascade of antiviral research, spawning 23 HIV drugs in 15 years.

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More recently he had run antiviral research at Bristol-Myers, helping produce the second-ever HIV drug (Videx, in 1991), and the HIV drug Zerit.

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Flavonoids and flu: Two plant-based flavonoids disease-fighting compounds found in many foods significantly impaired the infectious activity of H5N1 avian-flu virus in laboratory experiments and may form the basis of future influenza treatments, a report in Antiviral Research says.

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However, if recent research pays off, doctors may be able to add the antiviral equivalent of broad-spectrum antibiotics to their anti-virus arsenals.

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