• Question: Why isnt there a known cure for the commmon cold?

    Asked by rae10 to MarkF, Mark, Michael, Panos, Sarah on 18 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Panos Soultanas

      Panos Soultanas answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Because the common cold virus mutates and changes very easily. So a new vaccne is needed for ebery form of new cold virus that emerges every year.

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      Michael Loughlin answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      l;argely they are virus created and viruses you cannot atack with antibiotics because they have no cell machinery to attack..they hijack ours.. as for vacciones well viruses mutate rapids sop you would need a new one of those every so often
      luckily a common cold is just that so its not too much of a worry

    • Photo: Mark Fogg

      Mark Fogg answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      The common cold is caused by hundreds of different viruses, it’s very difficult to tell which one you have at any one time and they’re always changing (mutating). There are very few ‘cures’ for viruses.

    • Photo: Sarah Burl

      Sarah Burl answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Because the cold virus changes all the time and there are so many of them, however if you get one you are unlikely to get the same one again so it is helping our immune system develop.

    • Photo: Mark Travis

      Mark Travis answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Because the common cold cause keeps on changing! The virus that is the cause can mutate so that they can avoid potential medicines. So, we need more research to understand how this happens to design more effective medicines that can work more effectively.

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