Researchers Discover Primary Sensor That Detects Stomach Viruses

There’s no cure for the so-called stomach flu, a group of highly contagious viruses that can hit with a vengeance, causing nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Doctors’ standard advice: drink lots of fluids and let the virus run its course. Symptoms typically last only a couple of days, but they can be miserable ones. Now, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St.

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Filed under: GastroIntestinal / Gastroentorology on July 25th, 2008