Anti-cancer drug could be anti-flu too

March 3, 2011 — 9:01am ET By Erica Teichert

Although DMXAA was developed to fight cancer, researchers have found the anti-tumor agent has promising results in flu vaccines via an interferon response.

In a study published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, scientists administered two doses of the DMXAA-infused vaccine to infected rats, one dose within three hours of infection and one two days later. Not only did the mice sustain a more mild illness due to the interferon response, the DMXAA vaccine was effective against Tamiflu-resistant strains as well.

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