17.12.2012                      04.Tewet. 5773

Medizin:

Hadassah researchers tackle ‘The Curse’

First four children treated with experimental drug saved from paralysis, and some have already been able to stand and walk.

An effective experimental drug has been found in Jerusalem for a rare genetic disease of paralysis affecting Jews originating in North Africa, who previously refused to vaccinate their babies against childhood diseases because they thought that caused them to suffer from neurological damage….