Experimental drug likely saved Ebola patients

Bicarbonato · 4 de Aug de 2014

Three vials containing an experimental drug stored at subzero temperatures were flown into Liberia last week in a last-ditch effort to save two American missionary workers who had contracted Ebola, according to a source familiar with details of the treatment.
The drug appears to have worked, sources say. Dr. Kent Brantly's and Nancy Writebol's conditions significantly improved after receiving the medication, sources say. Brantly was able to walk into Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after being evacuated to the United States last week, and Writebol is expected to arrive in Atlanta on Tuesday.

The drug was developed by the biotech firm Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc., which is based in San Diego. The patients were told that this treatment had never been tried before in a human being but had shown promise in small experiments with monkeys.
According to company documents, four monkeys infected with Ebola survived after being given the therapy within 24 hours after infection. Two of four other monkeys that started therapy within 48 hours after infection also survived. One monkey that was not treated died within five days of exposure to the virus.

Brantly and Writebol were aware of the risk of taking a new, little understood treatment and gave informed consent, according to two sources familiar with the care of the missionary workers. In the monkeys, the experimental serum had been given within 48 hours of infection. Brantly didn't receive it until he'd been sick for nine days.

The medicine is a three-mouse monoclonal antibody, meaning that mice were exposed to fragments of the Ebola virus and then the antibodies generated within the mice's blood were harvested to create the medicine. It works by preventing the virus from entering and infecting new cells.

The ZMapp vials reached the hospital in Liberia where Brantly and Writebol were being treated Thursday morning. Doctors were instructed to allow the serum to thaw naturally without any additional heat. It was expected that it would be eight to 10 hours before the medicine could be given, according to a source familiar with the process.

Brantly asked that Writebol be given the first dose because he was younger and he thought he had a better chance of fighting it, and she agreed. However, as the first vial was still thawing, Brantly's condition took a sudden turn for the worse.

Brantly began to deteriorate and developed labored breathing. He told his doctors he thought he was dying, according to a source with firsthand knowledge of the situation.
Knowing his dose was still frozen, Brantly asked if he could have Writebol's now-thawed medication. It was brought to his room and administered through an IV. Within an hour of receiving the medication, Brantly's condition dramatically improved. He began breathing easier; the rash over his trunk faded away. One of his doctors described the events as "miraculous."

Writebol also received a vial of the medication. Her response was not as remarkable, according to sources familiar with the treatment. However, doctors on Sunday administered Writebol a second dose of the medication, which resulted in significant improvement.
She was stable enough to be evacuated back to the United States and is expected to arrive before noon Tuesday.

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DarkKing1316 · 4 de Aug de 2014

The US government probably brought Ebola into this country to sell us a cure for $70,000,000,000,000,000.00
and keep us in a cycle of poverty until the 1% of Jews own 6,000,000% of all the income.

Boudica · 4 de Aug de 2014

It's saving niggers? ew

Bicarbonato · 4 de Aug de 2014

Boudica dijo: ↑

It's saving niggers? ew

The patients were USA doctors that got ebola while doing work over there.

Boudica · 4 de Aug de 2014

Sr. Bicarbonato dijo: ↑

The patients were USA doctors that got ebola while doing work over there.

who cares?

Bicarbonato · 4 de Aug de 2014

Boudica dijo: ↑

who cares?

I was clarifying your confusing them with niggers.

Boudica · 4 de Aug de 2014

Sr. Bicarbonato dijo: ↑

I was clarifying your confusing them with niggers.

I should've read the op.

Pat Jones · 4 de Aug de 2014

Boudica dijo: ↑

I should've ate the op.

xXtryingtoohardXx · 4 de Aug de 2014

This is the best news that I've heard all day...and it came from EDF.

What a time to be alive.

$$Trooper · 4 de Aug de 2014

Doesn't Ebola kill in a week?
How are these people living for 9 days?

Pat Jones · 4 de Aug de 2014

$$Trooper dijo: ↑

Doesn't Ebola kill in a week?
How are these people living for 9 days?

it kills dark-complected people in a week
but palefaces live forever

$$Trooper · 4 de Aug de 2014

Pat Jones dijo: ↑

it kills dark-complected people in a week
but palefaces live forever

Paleface
masterrace!

Dr. Rice · 5 de Aug de 2014

I guess at least white nations will be saved LOL! #GoodLuckEbola

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