Liberia receives ebola serum supply
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The serum treatment will be monitored by doctors in Liberia (stock photo)
Liberia has started to treat patients infected with Ebola with serum therapy - a treatment made from the blood of recovered survivors, the BBC reports.
It is hoped that the experimental treatment will help combat the virus that has been killing thousands of people throughout West Africa.
The ebola serum is made from the blood of survivors, which contain antibodies to fight off the virus. It is made by removing the red blood cells, whilst keeping the important antibodies - which can be used to treat other patients.
In the UK and US, Ebola patients have already received this form of treatment.
The serum treatment will be monitored by doctors in Liberia, who will monitor how safe and effective the therapy is.
A number of Liberian health care workers have been trained to give the serum.
Dr David Hoover, the programme's director, said: "This will empower local health care systems to become more self-sufficient and better serve their patients during this current epidemic as well as in the future."
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