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Serum therapy is an experimental treatment for Ebola that uses blood serum from recovered survivors. The serum contains antibodies that can help fight the virus. This approach has been used in Liberia to treat Ebola patients, as part of efforts to combat the outbreak in West Africa. The therapy relies on the fact that survivors have developed immunity, and their blood can be processed to create a serum that may aid current patients.
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NEWS Ebola serum supply reaches Liberia
Liberia has begun treating Ebola patients with serum therapy - a treatment made from the blood of recovered survivors. Doctors hope the experimental treatment could help combat the virus that has been sweeping West Africa and killing thousands of people. Up to 13 December, 6,841 people had been...- whoosh
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