OK, so they’re breaking the back of the common cold, now.

Clearly I need to start reading Fark’s Geek tag, because it keeps telling me welcome things like this:

Scientists decode genomes of all known rhinoviruses, first step towards cure

TORONTO – Scientists have decoded the genetic blueprints of all known strains of rhinoviruses – a.k.a. the common cold.

The ambitious project, the results of which were published Thursday, should fast-forward efforts to combat these viral nuisances. But the vast genetic variation seen across the various strains suggests it is unlikely pharmaceutical scientists could concoct one single drug to treat all versions, the senior author of the study admitted.

Continue reading OK, so they’re breaking the back of the common cold, now.