The men volunteered to be "guinea pigs" at the government research base Porton Down after being told scientists wanted to find a cure for the common cold.

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There has been one prior cure of an HIV-infected adult, which involved a bone-marrow transplant, a procedure that is too risky and expensive to be a common cure.

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Distraction is the most common cure for boredom.

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Can there be a common cure?

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And because there is no common ailment, there is no universal cure.

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Komen for the Cure foundation, investigated eight locations in an effort to identify common reasons for their above-average mortality rates from the disease.

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A. One common misconception is that stem cells are being currently used to cure diseases.

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Instead, as anyone with a bit of common sense and travelling experience knows, it's humanity's favorite sleep-related cure-alls: caffeine and naps.

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