Ebola breakthrough as new drug cures all monkeys in trial…(Which Strain!?…This Has Mutated 300 Times!)
The experimental drug ZMapp has cured all monkeys infected with Ebola in a new clinical trial, leading to hope that a treatment for the disease has finally been found
By Sarah Knapton
TelegraphUK
29 Aug 2014
A treatment for the deadly Ebola virus may have finally been found after scientists reported that a drug cured 100 per cent of monkeys with the disease.
The experimental drug Zmapp is currently being used to treat infected patients including British nurse William Pooley, who is being cared for at the Royal Free hospital in London after contracting the disease in Sierra Leone.
But health experts were unsure how effective the treatment was because it is impossible to trial in humans before an outbreak.
Now a new study has found that 18 rhesus monkeys which were infected with the disease, made a complete recovery after being given ZMapp. Three animals which were untreated became seriously ill and died.
Experts said the results were ‘extremely encouraging’ and ‘better than expected, while the scientist who discovered Ebola in 1976 said it was vital to start clinical trials immediately.
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