Using Ebola survivors' blood as remedy may carry risks

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Using Ebola survivors' blood as remedy may carry risks

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/using-ebola-survivors-blood-remedy-may-carry-risks-225840906.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Rnz2B0hdKl18K2Ftm80sDA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-REF-TS-Par7969689-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Workers wearing protective gear stand inside the contaminated area at the Elwa hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres on September 7, 2014 in Monrovia" align="left" title="Workers wearing protective gear stand inside the contaminated area at the Elwa hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres on September 7, 2014 in Monrovia" border="0" /></a>Two American doctors sickened by Ebola have been given blood transfusions from survivors, a technique the World Health Organization advocates but that experts say carries some risks. Ebola has killed more than 2,400 people, about half of those infected in the latest outbreak sweeping the West African nations of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria. There are no drugs on the market to cure or treat Ebola, no vaccines to prevent it. While trials are under way to accelerate therapies to people in need, medical experts have turned to the idea of using survivors' blood as a remedy.</p><br clear="all"/>

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