To: riri; CathyRyan; Mother Abigail; Dog Gone; Petronski; per loin; flutters; Judith Anne; ...
Another connection with AIDS? Aren't protease inhibitors used against AIDS?
To: aristeides
I think SARS is a totally completely different virus from HIV, which is a retrovirus, iirc...another whole type from coronaviruses, if I have my facts straight.
To: aristeides
Yes, I think AZT is a protease inhibitor.
To: aristeides
Good luck to them, sincerely.
But, all this is premature. It isn't still certain what causes the lung damage.
It's hard to target if the mechanism of pathology isn't even known.
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05/13/2003 11:58:04 AM PDT by
tallhappy
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