Monday, 2 February 2015

Beating the clock: researchers develop new treatment for rabies

Beating the clock: researchers develop new treatment for rabies


Successfully treating rabies can be a race against the clock. Those who suffer a bite from a rabid animal have a brief window of time to seek medical help before the virus takes root in the central nervous system, at which point the disease is almost invariably fatal. Now, researchers have successfully tested a treatment on mice that cures the disease even after the virus has spread to the brain.

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