Ebola virus, also known as Ebola Hemorrhagic fever, is a deadly virus that causes the inflicted internal and external bleeding. It ruins the immune system of the body, as well as body's organs. Blood-clotting cells suddenly decline with this virus, which will lead to uncontrollable bleeding.

An outbreak of Ebola has been identified in West Africa, which has claimed many innocent lives. However, experts are finding new ways to fight this deadly virus; still the process is not an easy one. Currently, there are a lot of rumors that have spread about finding a cure for this disease.

A team composed of medical experts and scientists have confirmed that a new drug, that has been developed to fight Ebola, is now safe for human testing.

This will surely hasten the process of deriving the cure. They also said that some existing therapeutics can be re-purposed for a potential cure. Apparently, this will save time and lives.

Beyond that, another group of scientist has been testing a new drug on monkeys with a 100% success rate. The new drug ZMAPP is now being tested on patients with Ebola, however the effectiveness of this treatment is still certain as it has never been tried before the outbreak.

ZMAPP is composed of three antibodies meant to prevent the reproduction of the Ebola virus. It is extracted from an infected plant, specifically tobacco, and is purified. The plants must grow in a special way, therefore, making it hard to produce the drug on a large scale.