A Calgary researcher is hoping to find a way to create a symptom-free cold.
If David Proud, of the University of Calgary, succeeds, it could mean the end of runny noses, sniffles, headaches and other signs of the common cold.
Proud's goal is to make such respiratory infections less dangerous to people with asthma and other lung diseases. His solution wouldn't do away with the cold altogether, allowing humans to continue building immunity to the 200 or so viruses that lead to a cold.
"If you have close to a symptom-free cold, that's about as good a cure as we're ever going to get," Proud, a professor of physiology and pharmacology, told CBC News.
In the meantime, however, the average Canadian adult will continue to suffer between four and six colds per year.
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