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Published online 15 May 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030512-11

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SARS' Achilles' heel revealed

Drugs to treat common cold may be effective against the virus.

Researchers have made a three-dimensional image of a crucial part of the virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The model suggests that a drug being tested as a cold remedy is a good starting point in treating the killer disease.

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