Secret serum likely saved Ebola patients[W:21]

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, "I am going to die," 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 was nearly reversed. His breathing improved; the rash over his trunk faded away. One of his doctors described the events as "miraculous."

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Erod said:

Secret serum likely saved Ebola patients - CNN.com



Hopefully, this is the cure, and there are no subsequent side effects.

Meanwhile, the world will claim the U.S. was just letting Africans die all the while. Just watch.

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Luftwaffe said:

**** the world, they're just jealous that their countries are inferior to the U.S in almost every way outside of maybe culture.

It's easy to be jealous of the strongest nation in the world.

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American said:

My guess is this medicine is very expensive to produce.

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CRUE CAB said:

Yea, but we got billions to flush down the drain.

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American said:

Did you notice where my comment was pointed toward?

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humbolt said:

Yes, but we can get Obama to bend the cost curve.

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Erod said:

Just put the entire country of Liberia on Obamacare.

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Erod said:

Just put the entire country of Liberia on Obamacare.

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Luftwaffe said:

**** the world, they're just jealous that their countries are inferior to the U.S in almost every way outside of maybe culture.

It's easy to be jealous of the strongest nation in the world.

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Luftwaffe said:

**** the world, they're just jealous that their countries are inferior to the U.S in almost every way outside of maybe culture.

It's easy to be jealous of the strongest nation in the world.

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Three top secret, experimental vials 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 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.

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donsutherland1 said:

A potentially encouraging development with respect to treating Ebola...

From CNN:


Ebola drug likely saved American patients - CNN.com

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Carjosse said:

So does this mean we don't have to transport Ebola to North America?

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Erod said:

Secret serum likely saved Ebola patients - CNN.com



Hopefully, this is the cure, and there are no subsequent side effects.

Meanwhile, the world will claim the U.S. was just letting Africans die all the while. Just watch.

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clownboy said:

From reading the OP, not exactly a SECRET serum. Just one that has not yet been thoroughly tested. Wouldn't this be a matter of applause, that perhaps we've discovered a cure/vaccine/antidote for a very deadly virus?

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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.

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