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Published online 23 February 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040216-23
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Drug may help treat SARS
Interferon helps infected monkeys breathe more easily.
A drug used to treat hepatitis C may prove useful against severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The drug, called interferon-alpha, eases symptoms in infected monkeys, and may make them less infectious too.
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