Doctors score a medical first with experimental rabies treatment
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CHICAGO: A teenage girl has become the first known rabies victim to survive the disease without the benefit of a rabies vaccination, her doctors said.
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British and Kenyan scientists have developed a new treatment for the killer disease malaria.
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Medical researchers have obtained promising results from a trial of a genetically-engineered allergy vaccine.
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Scientists develop a technique they hope will improve detection of mad cow disease (vCJD) in humans.
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Researchers in Dundee are set to trial a new treatment for children struck with a deadly skin condition.
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Two Baylor College of Medicine researchers in Houston are working on a cocaine vaccine they hope will become the first-ever medication to treat people hooked on the drug
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Scientific study of the secrets of "freeze-tolerant" animals may yield clues for improving human medicine.
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WAUWATOSA, Wis. A team of Wisconsin doctors say a teenage girl is the first known person to survive rabies without vaccination. Doctors say a unique mix of drugs was used to ward off the disease.
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A 15-year-old Wisconsin girl is the first known person to survive rabies without being vaccinated, the Associated Press reported. Doctors at Children&#39;s Hospital of Wisconsin gambled on an experimental treatment
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The government plans to develop an experimental treatment for anthrax from the blood of people vaccinated against it. Such a medicine has never been tested on people, but scientists think it has a good chance of working based on animal tests.
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Scientists have devised a blood test for tuberculosis which they hope will help doctors in the developing world.
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If antibiotic succeeds in testing, it would be the 1st new treatment for the disease in 41 years. WASHINGTON -- A novel type of antibiotic has been shown in laboratory tests to powerfully attack and control
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For the first time in medical history, scientists have developed a malaria vaccine that has shown promise in a large scale trial conducted in Mozambique.
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A new class of HIV drugs will help doctors treat patients who have become resistant to treatment.
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Scientists have developed a treatment which may be effective against the most common and deadly form of brain cancer.
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CHICAGO: A teenage girl has become the first known rabies victim to survive the disease without the benefit of a rabies vaccination, doctors said.
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Genetic tests may soon help doctors find the best treatment for each individual.