Are we on the cusp of a breakthrough in Ebola treatment?
Leading scientist hopes drug trials in DRC could lessen the impact of deadly virus
by Sarah Boseley Health editor
Dec 04, 2018
3 minutes
Ebola could be transformed from a terrifying disease into something that can be managed at home if drug trials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are successful, a leading scientist believes.
Four experimental drugs are starting to be used as part of a groundbreaking trial under extremely difficult conditions in an outbreak in conflict-ridden eastern DRC.
But, says Jeremy Farrar, an infectious diseases expert and the director of the Wellcome Trust, any data gleaned from the use of those drugs will be put together with evidence from future outbreaks in a five-year programme that may lead
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