There is no cure for Ebola. But don't tell that to traders. Shares of a Vancouver-based company working on a drug to treat the infectious disease surged nearly 40% last week.

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals (TKMR) popped on much higher trading volume than usual because investors are hopeful that health agencies in the United States might approve its drug, known as TKM-Ebola.

Tekmira does have a $140 million contract with the U.S. Department of Defense's Medical Countermeasure Systems BioDefense Therapeutics (MCS-BDTX) Joint Product Management Office to develop the drug.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/04/investing/ebola-drug-tekmira/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

A representative from the National Institutes of Health contacted Samaritan's Purse in Liberia and offered the experimental treatment, known as ZMapp, for the two patients, according to the source.

The drug was developed by the biotech firm Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc. 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 additional 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.

Is it in Alaba?

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.

Brantly and Writebol were aware of the risk of taking a new, little understood treatment; informed consent was obtained from both Americans, 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.

this is good news but theres so many dark waters under it

Arbiola: Is it in Alaba?

No it is in Oshodi.

Dis one don turn monkey business.

End time things

I thought they said bitter cola can cure EBOLA

Arbiola: Is it in Alaba?

LOL you dey kolo bros, alaba for canada

By Chioma Obinna

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Monday warned that the agency is battle ready to clampdown on people making false claims that they have products that can cure Ebola virus disease.

The Director – General of the agency, Dr. Paul Orhii who gave the warning in Lagos restated that Ebola virus disease has no cure for now and there is no definite drug that can cure the disease.

Reacting to alleged rumours of online advertisement for Ebola drugs and cure said NAFDAC will not take lightly any such advertisement of a disease that is currently ravaging the West African countries.

Orhii warned that anybody making false claims that he or she has products that can cure Ebola virus disease (EVD) to stop it or face the wrath of the law.

His words, “The honourable . Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi has stated categorically that there is no cure yet for Ebola

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/ebola-nafdac-threatens-arrest-false-cure-claimers/#sthash.m4JhZaY1.dpuf

Wetin person nor go hear!!!

Soon they'd say having unprotected s3x with an HIV +ve person can cure Ebola.

Smh.

citizenisb: End time things

Who invented Ebola, God or Satan and for what purpose?

please oo.... because of the kind of country nigerian is and coupled with the fact that the virus doesn't spear it victims, I'll suggest that the appropriate office incharge of drugs should not be treating people who are pain stakingly taking time both night and day to discover the cure for Ebola, we know you people claim when you know that no sufficient fund to combat Ebola because general Election is coming and we won't die so please allow the searchers to come up with there finds but what you people should do is to confirm it.

Things are Changing

omenka: Wetin person nor go hear!!!

Soon they'd say having unprotected s3x with an HIV +ve person can cure Ebola.

Smh.

LAME

incase

AKUNWATA1: LAME

Last time I checked, I didn't register on the forum to impress you, or are you HIV +ve

If it wouldn't cost you a whiff of breath, just stay your lane and steer clear my business as long as I don't mention you.

Thanks.

Mah go download my e-book...

Fuuuck Ebola nd im mama

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-04/new-york-hospital-testing-sick-patient-ebola-abc-reports



A patient at Mount Sinai hospital is being tested after traveling to a country where the Ebola virus is present, the hospital said in a statement.

The man arrived at Mount Sinai’s emergency room early Monday morning with high fever and gastrointestinal symptoms.

The man told doctors he had recently traveled to a West African country where Ebola is present, the hospital said.

The man has been placed in “strict isolation” and is undergoing various tests to determine the cause of the symptoms, the hospital said.

All appropriate steps to keep patients, staff and visitors safe are being taken, the hospital said.

Current Ebola statistics:-

Hahahah. Eduma is going to finish you Africans.

Bow to Yechai!

ZMapp is the experimental new drug which was administered to the two U.S. citizens who contracted Ebola.

Produced by Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc. of San Diego, the serum is created by infecting an animal with the disease then harvesting the animal's immune system antibodies which its body creates to fight it.

It is a type of drug known as a 'monoclonal antibody', and before this use, it had only been tested on monkeys.

Unfortunately, there is very little of the radical new drug available and it has not yet undergone the usual safety tests of other drugs.

Times of San Diego reported a company spokesperson as saying: 'ZMapp was first identified as a drug candidate in January 2014 and has not yet been evaluated for safety in humans. As such, very little of the drug is currently available.

'Mapp and its partners are co-operating with appropriate government agencies to increase production as quickly as possible.'

Remarkably, ZMapp is grown in specially modified leaves of tobacco. Mapp Biopharmaceutical has contracted a Kentucky tobacco plant to help produce the serum.

The plants must be 'infected' with a type of protein, which over time, the plant goes on to reproduce itself. After a week or so, it has made enough of the protein to turn into a useable drug which can be extracted.


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citizenisb: A representative from the National Institutes of Health contacted Samaritan's Purse in Liberia and offered the experimental treatment, known as ZMapp, for the two patients, according to the source.

The drug was developed by the biotech firm Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc. 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 additional 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.

Where did they get the Ebola used to infect the monkeys That is where investigation should start from.

according to evolution theory, these monkeys wl evolve to bkum human being o. B kiafl u mortals

US Govt claims exclusive ownership of Ebola and registers Patent.

https://www.nairaland.com/1844641/u.s-government-claims-exclusive-ownership#25259211

We need to synchronize with America ASAP!!

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Laugh out loud!

daft!