The virus under an electron microscope. Ebola outbreaks are relatively rare, and of little interest to drugmakers. Image: SCMP The virus under an electron microscope. Ebola outbreaks are relatively rare, and of little interest to drugmakers. Image: SCMP
The virus under an electron microscope. Ebola outbreaks are relatively rare, and of little interest to drugmakers. Image: SCMP
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Scientists are closing in on drugs that may stop the deadly Ebola virus

Disease still kills 90pc of its victims, four decades after emerging, but treatments entering the trial stage may change that frightening statistic

Bloomberg
Bloomberg

Updated: 4:56am, 30 Mar, 2014

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The virus under an electron microscope. Ebola outbreaks are relatively rare, and of little interest to drugmakers. Image: SCMP The virus under an electron microscope. Ebola outbreaks are relatively rare, and of little interest to drugmakers. Image: SCMP
The virus under an electron microscope. Ebola outbreaks are relatively rare, and of little interest to drugmakers. Image: SCMP
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