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MyFoxBoston.com) -- As one drug manufacturer works feverishly to create more of an experimental drug being tried as a possible treatment for Ebola, U.S. troops are heading to Liberia to help those battling the virus.
About 500 soldiers are conducting three days of infectious disease training in Fort Hood, Texas. They'll be joining 4,000 other troops and more than 300 Marines . The army medical team will treat patients and the army engineers will build temporary medical centers. The hospitals in Liberia are currently overburdened and turning patients away.
Here at home, the makers of the experimental drug ZMapp are trying to produce more, and fast. Seven people have been treated with ZMapp, including Dr. Kent Brantley and Nancy Writebol, the first two Americans brought back to the U.S. to be treated for Ebola.
The drug is made by growing antibodies in tobacco plants, but the manufacturer is trying to use more traditional methods and, according to the Washington Post, has put all other business on hold.
