Experimental Ebola Drug Made From Tobacco Plants Seems To Be Curing American Patients

An experimental drug made from tobacco plants appears to be saving two Americans infected with Ebola. The biotechnology drug produced by Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc., a San Diego company with nine employees, had been tested only on infected animals when it was given to the two health workers, Bloomberg reported. A subsidiary of Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE:RAI) manufactures the ZMapp drug.