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http://www.nature.com/nsu/040216/040216-23.html
A drug used to treat hepatitis C may prove useful against severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The drug, called interferon-alpha, eases symptoms in infected monkeys, and may make them less infectious too. [..] The drug is already commercially available and has no serious side effects. The next step is to test it against SARS if another outbreak occurs, says Osterhaus, who works at the Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.