Six Trials Find Ebola Vaccine Apparently Safe, Effective

Six early-stage trials of an experimental Ebola vaccine have found that it appears to be safe and triggered robust production of Ebola-fighting antibodies, scientists reported Wednesday. Since trials cannot ethically expose volunteers to Ebola, the production of antibodies is a proxy for whether vaccines could prevent or even treat the disease. There is currently no vaccine or specific treatment for Ebola, which has killed over 10,000 people in West Africa since last spring, according...

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