Ebola Treatment From Tobacco? 'Pharming' May Aid In Deadly Ebola Outbreak

As West Africa grapples with the deadliest outbreak of Ebola ever, scientists have turned to an unlikely source in the desperate hunt for better treatments: tobacco. Laboratories in the U.S. and Europe are using tobacco plants to extract complex and potentially valuable proteins that could aid in the deadly Ebola outbreak that has already claimed some 1,070 lives and has sickened thousands more.