The presence of bluetongue virus will not be confirmed in Scotland until there is sufficient evidence to show that the virus is circulating.

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Unfortunately, one drug that has been widely tipped as a treatment for the disease does not kill the SARS virus in a petri dish, seriously denting any hope that the drug will be effective at treating SARS in people.

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This will be done by adding extra copies of the gene using a mouse leukaemia virus modified to ensure it does not trigger cancer.

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