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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

Scientists may have finally developed pill to cure Ebola

Scientists have found that an oral antiviral drug successfully prevents monkeys from dying after an Ebola infection, an advance that may prevent future outbreaks of the deadly virus.

The deadly Ebola virus is highly lethal to humans and nonhuman primates (NHPs) with death rates close to 90 per cent of infected individuals.

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