James Gallagher, Health and science correspondent at BBC News, reports that experiments show how the common cold can be stopped in its tracks. If a particular cell protein (called methyltransferase SETD3) is switched off, then the attacking cold virus cannot obtain the products that it needs. Mice engineered to lack this protein can’t catch a cold. For humans, a drug to suppress this protein is being sought to achieve similar results. See
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49682583
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