Oxford University Begins Ebola Trials in Liberia
Researchers are scrambling to find a cure for the deadly Ebola virus as the lastest outbreak in West Africa continues to claim the lives of thousands.
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Liberia:
Oxford University Begins Ebola Trials
FrontPageAfrica, 6 January 2015
A clinical trial of a possible treatment for Ebola began on the 1st of January at ELWA 3, MSF's Ebola Management Centre in Paynesville, Monrovia. Led by Oxford University from the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Trial Confirms Ebola Vaccine Candidate Safe
Guardian, 8 January 2015
TWO experimental DNA vaccines to prevent Ebola virus and the closely related Marburg virus are safe, and generated a similar immune response in healthy Ugandan adults as reported… Read more »
An MSF team carrying a suspected Ebola patient from a remote hamlet.
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West Africa:
Johnson & Johnson Announces Start of Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Ebola Vaccine Regimen
PR Newswire, 6 January 2015
Company Has Produced More Than 400,000 Vaccine Regimens for Use in Large-Scale Clinical Trials by April 2015 Read more »
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Guinea:
Ebola Drug Trial Begins in Guinea
MSF, 26 December 2014
A clinical trial for a possible treatment for Ebola started in Guinea on the 17th of December. Read more »
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Kenya:
Kenya Begins Ebola Vaccine Trial
Sabahi, 19 December 2014
The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has begun a trial of the VSV-Ebola vaccine, Kenya's The Star reported Friday (December 19th). Read more »
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Kenya:
Ebola Vaccine Tested in Kilifi
The Star, 19 December 2014
THE Kenya Medical Research Institute has begun an Ebola vaccine trial in Kilifi. Read more »
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Liberia:
Liberia Begins to Use Experimental Serum
New Dawn, 16 December 2014
The US, UK and Canada are testing different kinds of vaccine in controlled clinical trials. Read more »
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West Africa:
Gavi Commits to Purchasing Ebola Vaccine for Affected Countries
GAVI, 11 December 2014
Vaccine Alliance ready to begin procurement as soon as WHO recommends a vaccine for use Read more »
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West Africa:
United States Affirms Support for Ebola Vaccine Development
State Department, 10 December 2014
As part of its ongoing support for development of a safe, effective Ebola vaccine, the Department of Health and Human Services is eliminating legal impediments that could slow… Read more »
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West Africa:
Obama on Research for Potential Ebola Vaccines
State Department, 2 December 2014
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InFocus
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An international team of researchers has stepped up the production of experimental antibodies that scientists say have the potential to cure people infected with the deadly Ebola ... Read more »
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Scientists are reporting progress in the search for effective treatment and cure for the Ebola virus with the discovery that antibodies from the eight Nigerians and two United ... Read more »
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Trials at Switzerland's Lausanne University Hospital, with the support of the World Health Organisation, will begin this week. Read more »
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Experts caution that the vaccine is still a long way from use in the field and that no announcement on larger-scale trials is expected. Read more »