For the first time ever, an experimental ebola vaccine will be tested on humans in Maryland. The vaccine has said to have been in the making for several years and they should have results by the end of the year. The vaccine is the result of efforts from scientists to stop the fast-spreading outbreak in Western Africa that could affect more that 20,000 people this year if nothing is done. The trials will include 20 healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 50 and while it will take place at the NIH lab in Bethesda, the experiment will also be done in the United Kingdom, Mali, Gambia, and possibly Niger.
I am extremely happy to hear that something is being done to help stop this tragic outbreak in Africa. While I was aware of what was happening before I read this article, I had no idea how severe the casualties are expected to get. I assume that this article was written for the public in the hope to spread the word of this new revolutionary vaccine that is foreseen to change the lives of so many West Africans.
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/08/28/human-trials-with-ebola-vaccine-to-begin-next-week-in-maryland/?hpt=us_bn8
Hopefully the vaccine will be successful, so that any future deaths from people affected with Ebola will be prevented.
ReplyDeleteIt is so relieving to know that medicine keeps striving to make advances against these awful epidemics.
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