Dr. Warren Lee, St. Michael's Hospital (IMAGE)

St. Michael's Hospital

Dr. Warren Lee, St. Michael's Hospital

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Many researchers are trying to develop new drugs to defeat the flu virus. Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital had a novel approach. Dr. Warren Lee wondered what would happen if someone developed a treatment that would prevent blood vessels from leaking into lungs, causing the respiratory failure that can kill people with flu.

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