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    CDC made a synthetic Ebola virus to test treatments. It worked

    CDC scientists have created a synthetic version of the Ebola virus, part of an effort to determine whether diagnostic tests and experimental treatments being used in the field are effective.
    by Helen Branswell Jul 09, 2019 3 minutes

    Scientists at the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention have created a synthetic version of the Ebola virus circulating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, part of an effort to determine whether diagnostic tests and experimental treatments being used in the field are effective.

    The research, conducted in the agency’s most secure laboratories — BSL4 — showed that even though the tests and two of the treatments being used in the field were developed based on earlier variation of Ebola viruses, they continue to be effective against the virus causing the current outbreak, the second largest on record.

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