Researchers Get Grant to Speed Up Ebola Drug Production

 

 
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Aaron Abeytia

Aaron Abeytia anchors midday newscasts on KMJ, and hosts the Saturday Edition of Fresno’s Morning News from 6-7 A.M…. Read More

 

   

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FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Researchers at UC Davis have been given $200,000 by the National Science Foundation, to discover ways speed up production of the Zmapp drug.

They’re attempting to produce antibodies from plant cells grown in bioreactors — as opposed to whole plants — as production capacity is limited.

Meanwhile, another research team believes they’ve pinpointed how the Ebola epidemic in West Africa started: a small boy playing in a tree, where infected bats lived.


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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