AIDS offers a clue in SARS fight Viruses seem to attack cells in the same fashion, expert says By Thomas Crampton (IHT) Monday, May 12, 2003 HONG KONG: The SARS virus appears to attack human cells in the same way that the AIDS virus does, which may give scientists clues about how to treat the respiratory disease, a leading AIDS researcher said Sunday. Preliminary tests conducted in laboratory samples of the SARS virus successfully used synthetic peptides to stop it from entering human cells, said the researcher, David Ho, who pioneered the use of an AIDS drug cocktail employing similar...