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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $5.7m towards a programme to increase production of experimental Ebola treatments in Guinea and other affected countries, the BBC says.
The treatments would used blood donated from Ebola survivors who had been screened for diseases.
The liquid plasma from the blood, containing disease-fighting antibodies, would then be isolated and injected directly into patients.
The remaining blood could then be returned to the donor, allowing them to donate blood at a faster rate than before.
Dr. Papa Salif Sow, an infectious diseases expert working with the foundation, said that the programme would work with governments to "to rapidly identify and scale up potential lifesaving treatments".
"The Gates Foundation is focusing its R&D investments on treatments, diagnostics, and vaccines that we believe could be quickly produced and delivered to those who need them if they demonstrate efficacy in stopping the disease" he said.
The foundation, run by former Microsoft boss Bill Gates and his wife Melinda, also said the grant would be used to evaluate new experimental drugs.
#BillGates #Microsoft #Ebola
The treatments would used blood donated from Ebola survivors who had been screened for diseases.
The liquid plasma from the blood, containing disease-fighting antibodies, would then be isolated and injected directly into patients.
The remaining blood could then be returned to the donor, allowing them to donate blood at a faster rate than before.
Dr. Papa Salif Sow, an infectious diseases expert working with the foundation, said that the programme would work with governments to "to rapidly identify and scale up potential lifesaving treatments".
"The Gates Foundation is focusing its R&D investments on treatments, diagnostics, and vaccines that we believe could be quickly produced and delivered to those who need them if they demonstrate efficacy in stopping the disease" he said.
The foundation, run by former Microsoft boss Bill Gates and his wife Melinda, also said the grant would be used to evaluate new experimental drugs.
#BillGates #Microsoft #Ebola
