More info on ZMapp, the experimental serum both patients were given: http://mashable.com/2014/08/17/ebola-serum-zmapp/
Also, this would make a great movie.
Heroes.
I just can't reconcile that a man of science (Brantly) credits magic ("God") for his recovery! Don't you get cognitive dissonance dude?
Is this just poor writing, or poor representation of the science? This article contradicts itself.
> said in a statement that she was free of the virus but was significantly weakened.
> There is no cure for Ebola, ...
> But both Dr Brantly and Mrs Writebol received an experimental treatment known as ZMapp.
> ...it remains unclear if [ZMapp] is responsible for their recovery.
Is the virus in remission, or has it been eradicated from Writebol? If there is no cure, then it cannot have been eradicated. Maybe there's no _proven_ cure, in the sense of full medical trials?
In the 'poor writing' department (but unrelated to the above), the article also doesn't tell us who Franklin Graham is. This appears to be the only reference to the name:
> ...Franklin Graham said in a statement.
I've been wondering about treating ebola with iodine. It's antimicrobial and antiviral. The Red Cross uses it to clean the skin before taking blood donations because it is superior to alcohol for cleaning. It is also useful to promote healing, among many other things (It seem to be helpful to the mitochondria which means wide-ranging benefit). But just due to the use for cleaning, and the aid in healing, I wonder if a few drops of Lugol's solution in a glass of water several times a day would help an ebola patient. That would hit right in the gut where the infection goes wild and does the most damage.
I wonder if Brantly has now immunity or resistance and can help fight the disease without worry of reinfection. How does that work? Can you be reinfected with ebola if you survive?