Research in management of Ebola

[8] The director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has stated that the scientific community is still in the early stages of understanding how infection with the Ebola virus can be treated and prevented.

[13] A distributed computing project, Outsmart Ebola Together, has been launched by World Community Grid in collaboration with the Scripps Research Institute to help find chemical compounds to fight the disease.

[15] The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that transfusion of whole blood or purified serum from Ebola survivors has the greatest potential to be implemented immediately, and has issued an interim guideline for this therapy.

[55] One issue which hinders control of Ebola is that diagnostic tests that are currently available require specialised equipment and highly trained personnel.

The meeting, convened by the WHO and the non-profit Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, seeks to identify tests that can be used by untrained staff, do not require electricity or can run on batteries or solar power and use reagents that can withstand temperatures of 40 °C (104 °F).

[56] As of February  2015[update], a number of diagnostic tests are under trial: The Hemopurifier is a single-use disposable biological cartridge designed for use with dialysis machines and other blood circulatory pumps.