The World Health Organization has urged the medical community to make use of Ebola survivors' blood in treating other infected patients. It was mentioned that people produce antibodies in the blood in an attempt to fight off an Ebola infection and in theory, those antibodies could be transferred from a survivor into a sick patient to give their immune system a boost, the BBC reported. Dr Marie Paule Kieny, an assistant director general at WHO said that ...Sunday 7 September 2014
WHO Recommends Use of Antibodies in Blood of Ebola Survivors to Treat Other Infected Patients
The World Health Organization has urged the medical community to make use of Ebola survivors' blood in treating other infected patients. It was mentioned that people produce antibodies in the blood in an attempt to fight off an Ebola infection and in theory, those antibodies could be transferred from a survivor into a sick patient to give their immune system a boost, the BBC reported. Dr Marie Paule Kieny, an assistant director general at WHO said that ...
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