Though the literature does not directly address you queston, it appears from a quick review of material other bisphosphonates are not strong enough.
I wonder if the cell killing properties would be sufficient to ward off a "cytokine storm", apparently the cause of many if not all the deaths attributed to H5N1.
5 posted on 08/14/2009 8:57:53 PM PDT by oneolcop
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