The Nutshell: FDA OKs siRNA Ebola Drug

FDA OKs siRNA Ebola Drug The US Food and Drug Administration gives the green light to deploy an experimental short interfering RNA treatment against Ebola. By Kerry Grens | September 23, 2014 WIKIMEDIA, RICHARD ROBINSON Although TKM-Ebola, a short interfering RNA (siRNA) therapy to treat Ebola infection, has not been approved for use in humans, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is allowing for “compassionate use” of the medication....

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Latest News: How did the 'Berlin patient' rid himself of HIV?

  Eric Risberg/AP Photo   Timothy Ray Brown, known by many researchers as "the Berlin patient," is the only person to have been cured of an HIV infection. How did the 'Berlin patient' rid himself of HIV? Researchers are closer to unraveling the mystery of how Timothy Ray Brown, the only human cured of HIV, defeated the virus, according to a new study. Although the work doesn’t provide a definitive answer, it rules...

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