ineffective for  patients with high viral loads who are very sick with the disease The ongoing clinical trial, led by French research institute INSERM, was launched on 17 December 2014 at an Ebola treatment centre run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Guéckédou, Guinea, where the current outbreak started. Since then the trial has expanded to include patients from Ebola treatment centres in Nzérékoré and Macenta, also in Guinea. Follow details on http://www.msf.org/article/initial-results-experimental-ebola-drug-show-positive-effect-some-patients