http://news.yahoo.com/experimental-ebola-drug-heals-monkeys-study-170316163.html
h/t Tilted Irish Kilt.
Good news for people in first world countries. Not great news for the African victims.
ZMapp is unsustainable for the outbreak in Africa.
It’s in short supply, expensive, and requires an extensive cold chain that can not be broken.
‘Exciting’, yes. Small molecules are better.
And it uses sequences that may be out of date by the time the plant itself matures to the point it can be harvested for use. See the Science paper about how quickly this thing is mutating. Which explains all the false negatives in Sierra Leone :(
I just went back to that link to close the tab and decided to click on the slideshow pics at the top.
I encourage you to do so if you haven’t.
What do you notice about the Chinese port authorities response to this disease. Compare and contrast with our own...
It would seem that metabolic rates would be higher in monkeys than humans, and that monkeys might show symptoms earlier.