The World Health Organisation(WHO) has indicated that the blood of patients who recover from the Ebola Virus should be used to treat others. This was an outcome of a meeting of a global group of experts to assess the experimental therapies that could contain Ebola.
In a statement issued by WHO at the weekend, there was a consensus that the use of whole blood therapies and convalescent blood serums needs to be considered as a matter of priority.They are working incessantly to make sure there is a safe vaccine by November this year. They are also considering the potential use of existing drugs approved for other diseases and conditions.
The endorsement of the blood therapy is based on the medical assumption that people produce antibodies in the blood in an attempt to fight off an Ebola infection. Serum from Ebola survivors should have antibodies that would neutralize infection when given to other patients. Serum is the liquid part of blood collected after it is allowed to clot separately by gravitational force.
In theory, those antibodies can be transferred from a survivor into a sick patient to give their immune system a boost. However, large scale data on the effectiveness of the therapy is lacking. But studies on the 1995 outbreak of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo showed seven out of eight people survived after being given the therapy.
In a statement issued by WHO at the weekend, there was a consensus that the use of whole blood therapies and convalescent blood serums needs to be considered as a matter of priority.They are working incessantly to make sure there is a safe vaccine by November this year. They are also considering the potential use of existing drugs approved for other diseases and conditions.
The endorsement of the blood therapy is based on the medical assumption that people produce antibodies in the blood in an attempt to fight off an Ebola infection. Serum from Ebola survivors should have antibodies that would neutralize infection when given to other patients. Serum is the liquid part of blood collected after it is allowed to clot separately by gravitational force.
In theory, those antibodies can be transferred from a survivor into a sick patient to give their immune system a boost. However, large scale data on the effectiveness of the therapy is lacking. But studies on the 1995 outbreak of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo showed seven out of eight people survived after being given the therapy.
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