Experimental Ebola drugs needed for 'up to 30,000 people'

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Experimental Ebola drugs needed for 'up to 30,000 people'

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/experimental-ebola-drugs-needed-30-000-people-170346396--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GsTow3YhszwO1YkG9O3eMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-08-20T170346Z_1_LYNXMPEA7J0RG_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-EBOLA-GERMANY-COMPANY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A laboratory technican of the company Icon Genetics prepares proteines from Tobacco plants (Nicotiana benthamiana) for weighing in a laboratory in Halle" align="left" title="A laboratory technican of the company Icon Genetics prepares proteines from Tobacco plants (Nicotiana benthamiana) for weighing in a laboratory in Halle" border="0" /></a>By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Up to 30,000 people could have used experimental treatments or vaccines so far in the world's worst outbreak of Ebola currently plaguing West Africa, British scientists said on Wednesday. The calculation highlights the dilemma facing officials considering how to distribute the tiny quantities of unproven drugs that are likely to be available in the near term to fight the deadly disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) is hoping for improved supplies of experimental treatments and progress with a vaccine by the end of the year, after last week backing the use of untested drugs and vaccines. Oliver Brady, an epidemiologist at the University of Oxford, and colleagues have been crunching the numbers and believe the number of people needing such treatment or protection is very large, even under a conservative scenario.</p><br clear="all"/>

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