ZMapp, the experimental drug recently given to six people infected with Ebola, has rescued 18 Rhesus macaque monkeys injected with the live virus.
A U.S.-Canadian research team exposed 21 monkeys to Ebola. Eighteen received a three-shot regimen of ZMapp — starting three, four or five days after infection — and survived, even though 11 had developed fever and two were starting to hemorrhage.
Log in
Subscribers, enter your e-mail address for full access to the Science News archives and digital editions.