Every Ebola patient in the U.S. has received an experimental treatment. — -- intro: Federal officials have confirmed that medical teams have given two Ebola-infected nurses from Dallas ...

CONCORD, N.H. — In May, Robb Jutton was so sick, he wasn’t sure he’d be alive for his daughter’s graduation, just a few weeks away. Neither was his doctor, who put Jutton’s odds of making it at about ...

Marissa Russo is a former STAT intern supported by the AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship. In what experts are calling a “dream come true,” scientists used a recent biochemical discovery ...

In an early-stage clinical trial, the therapy nearly doubled the expected survival time of young patients. Still, experts caution that more research is needed. Gavin Nielsen was 2 years old when he ...

The value of a recent biochemical discovery can be seen in the case of an 8-year-old boy who was playing typical sports in August 2023, but by November needed a wheelchair because of a rare disease ...

An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord may help people with a paralyzing genetic disorder called spinal muscular atrophy. An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord ...

When Kanwar Bhutani first came to try out an experimental treatment using vibrating gloves, his Parkinson's symptoms were so severe that he had trouble taking steps on his own. Bhutani, now 58, who ...

Federal health advisers voted overwhelmingly against an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease at a Wednesday meeting prompted by years of patient efforts seeking access to the unproven ...

The Food and Drug Administration meets this week to consider approval of an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig’s disease, the culmination of a yearslong lobbying effort by patients with the fatal ...

BOSTON - An experimental treatment for hair loss has shown promise in mice. Apparently, as we age, our hair follicles stiffen, making it more difficult to grow hair, and scientists at Northwestern ...

What Are Clinical Trials for MASH? Clinical trials for MASH are research studies that evaluate potential new treatments for a form of liver disease called metabolic dysfunction-associated ...