An article by the BBC discusses how an international team of researchers has been formed to establish whether the blood of Ebola survivors could be used as a treatment for people infected with the virus:
The blood of Ebola survivors is being considered as a treatment for Ebola patients. An international group of scientists has been set up to determine whether this would be effective as a treatment option.
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An international team of scientists has been set up to determine the effectiveness of using the blood of Ebola survivors as a treatment.
It is hoped the antibodies used by the immune system to fight Ebola can be transferred from a survivor to a patient.
The study will start in Guinea and is led by the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium.
The European Union has given 2.9m euros (£2.3m) to fund the project.
There are no widely available, proven drugs or vaccines for Ebola.
The World Health Organization has backed the use of survivors’ blood as the worst outbreak of Ebola in history continues to get worse.
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