'Miracle' baby survives rare condition
China Daily | Updated: 2009-11-06 08:37
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Baby Z, seen in this June 2008 handout photo, has become the first person to be cured of molybdenum cofactor deficiency - a rare and often fatal brain-poisoning condition - thanks to an experimental treatment tested only on mice. AFP |
MELBOURNE: A "miracle" Australian baby has become the first person cured of a rare and deadly brain-melting condition after doctors gambled on an experimental drug tested only on mice, they said yesterday.
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