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Ebola: San Francisco scientists studying samples to learn about disease
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Oct 29, 2014
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Ebola: San Francisco scientists studying samples to learn about disease
Scientists at the Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center at UC San Francisco are studying samples of Ebola to try and learn more about the disease and how it's evolving. Dr. Charles Chiu, director of the center, shares more.
A licensed clinician sanitizes his hands after a simulated training session on Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, in Anniston, Ala. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed an introductory training course for licensed clinicians. According to the CDC, the course is to ensure that clinicians intending to provide medical care to patients with Ebola have sufficient knowledge of the disease. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
A licensed clinician sanitizes his hands after a simulated training session on Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, in Anniston, Ala.
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Scientists at the Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center at UC San Francisco are studying samples of Ebola to try and learn more about the disease and how it's evolving. Dr. Charles Chiu, director of the center, shares more.

Right now, countries around the world are doing the best they can to keep the Ebola virus out.

But there's one place, right here in California, where they welcome the virus in. 

Scientists at the Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center at UC San Francisco are studying samples of Ebola to try and learn more about the disease and how it's evolving.

Dr. Charles Chiu, director of the center conducting this research, shares more.