DID an experimental vaccine save a scientist in Germany from Ebola? The lives of other scientists might depend on the answer.
On 12 March a researcher at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg accidentally stuck her finger with a needle carrying Ebola virus. Worried colleagues gave her an experimental Ebola vaccine that had not previously been tested on people. It is being developed mainly to protect lab workers from just such mistakes, which have killed researchers in the past.
Whether the vaccine worked is still not clear. Although the woman remains healthy, it could be that she…
