Bird flu cure sought in spicy Korean side dish
09:28 AM EST on Monday, December 5, 2005
Associated Press
FAIRFAX (AP) -- Worried about medicine supplies if there's a bird flu epidemic?
A Virginia grocer may have a solution for you.
Jong Park of the Asian grocery shop Super H Mart in Fairfax said people are flocking to a pungent Korean delicacy hoping it will protect them from avian flu.
That delicacy is kimchi (kim chee), a sort of spicy pickled cabbage that accompanies most Korean meals.
Park says recent studies in Korea showing that Kim chi can fight bird flu in chickens has earned it new, non-Korean customers.
Korean researchers say a bacteria in kimchi kills the bird flu virus in chickens by boosting their immune systems. But there's still no proof that it does the same for humans.
(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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