> I don't know the source, but I saw on one of our tele-text services
> that the recent outbreak of Ebola-Zaire had actually helped to find a
> cure.
>> The two paragraph article said that the cure was based on injection of
> a blood product extract (??) from survivors of preivous Ebola-Zaire
> oubreaks.
Serum from those who had recovered was administered to 8 sick people;
7 of whom recovered (against 6 expected). Antibodies, pure and
simple.
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