Cold

In 2002, a company called ViroPharma ran clinical trials of pleconaril,a new pill designed to treat the common cold.

If you didn't have an immune system and caught a cold,the infection would quickly spread deep into your lungs.

"Minor" infections can turn serious or even deadly.

On average, adults catch more than 50 colds throughout their lives.

Common colds are caused by at least 6 different families of virus, each of which can have its own species and subtypes.

Viruses can only invade our bodies in only one way.

Your mucus-y, dripping nose is your immune system trapping and flushing out virus.

A single family of viruses causes 30 to 50% of all colds.

The first attempt to create a rhinovirus vaccine was unsuccess.

Viruses hijack human cellular machinery to replicate and spread.

Scientists eradicated smallpox thanks to an effective vaccine.

Through decades of trying, we have a vaccine for HIV.

In 2002, a company called ViroPharma ran clinical trials of pleconaril,a new pill designed to treat the common cold.