Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Girl with Rabies Survives

A few months ago, a Wisconsin girl was infected with rabies by a bat. Because she never got immediate treatment, she was expected to die. Because of this, her parents gave doctors permission to experiment with a combination of drugs to see if they could kill off the rabies in her body. They induced a coma while using a special combination of drugs, which are not released yet, to attempt to cure her. The treatment worked, and she is the only one who has survived rabies after the onset of symptoms. This treatment is going to be further researched to see if it will work on other people as well.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,139500,00.html

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