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Antibody Cocktail Cures Monkeys of Ebola

Posted by samzenpus on from the there's-a-pill-for-that dept.

ananyo writes "Monkeys infected with Ebola have been cured by a cocktail of three antibodies first administered 24 hours or more after exposure. The result raises hopes that a future treatment could improve the chances of humans surviving the disease caused by the deadly virus, which kills up to 90% of infected people and could potentially be used as a biological weapon. Most treatment regimes tested to date only improve chances of survival if administered within one hour of infection (abstract)."

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  1. Ooooooook. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oooooook?

    1. Re:Ooooooook. by Farmer+Tim · · Score: 3, Funny

      Why did this get modded down? Seems like a perfectly reasonable question from a concerned party.

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    2. Re:Ooooooook. by couchslug · · Score: 2, Funny

      "BTW mods; there is nothing wrong with the occasional question from our simian relatives."

      Questions from the subjects are prejudicial to good simian discipline.

      Order requires credible threat of force, so I spank my monkey constantly.

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  2. Bowling.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess my league name of Ebowla is on it's way out...

  3. ...it's the only way to be sure. by History's+Coming+To · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hit it hard and hit it fast, it's the same epidemiological solution to a zombie uprising.

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