Thomas Jefferson University Receives $4.8 Million NIH Grant to Study New Rabies Vaccine that Clears Virus from Brain
Monday, August 8, 2011 - 11:32
in Health & Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) $4.8 million grant to test a new rabies vaccine with the potential to cure the virus infection, even after it has made its way into a person's central nervous system (CNS). Today, if an unvaccinated person is infected with rabies and it spreads to the brain, there is little chance for survival.