Beating the clock: UGA researchers develop new treatment for rabies

(University of Georgia) 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 at the University of Georgia have successfully tested a treatment on mice that cures the disease even after the virus has spread to the brain.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news