Interferon’s History

From O:

Uh, this was the first google result, but not the one i intended:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9806E7DB1239F932A35753C1A963948260

it’s from 1985! it said “‘It’s been a medication in search of a disease.'”

shit, and look at this from 1983:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9807EED71239F931A15750C0A965948260

early AIDS crisis! oh wow, it contains the sentence, “Most researchers
believe AIDS is caused by an unknown virus.” actually, that’s a super
interesting article, from an historical perspective…

i am totally liveblogging this google search!

ok, actually, there are almost 6,000 NYT articles related to IFN:
http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch?query=interferon&srchst=cse

super interesting. lost of uses, lots of side fx…

this is the one i was looking for:
http://health.nytimes.com/ref/health/healthguide/esn-hepatitisC-ess.html

yours in sleeeep

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