No more colds?

• Position: MEDICINE - Brief article

A major stumbling block to finding a cure for the common cold has been that there are so many different strains of the human rhinovirus that causes it. But success may be within reach. Researchers say they have decoded the genomes of the 99 known strains of the virus and developed a list of its vulnerabilities. "We are quite certain that we see the Achilles heel," says Stephen B. Liggett, a scientist at the University of Maryland. But don't expect to see anything on the...