There is no specific treatment for Ebola, but the World Health Organization is looking at three experimental treatments. “Two of those are way, way ahead of the third,” said Tom Geisbert, professor of microbiology and immunology at UTMB. Manufacturing large batches of these drugs can be technically challenging, and testing them in humans can take many months, if not years. Geisbert warned that enthusiasm should be tempered. “There are no guarantees,” he said, and it won’t be until “sometime next year” that treatments or vaccines could be available. Additional Ebola news featuring UTMB experts appears in Forbes, on WebMD and in the New York Times.