Ebola virus and the Kentucky Connection

This past week, the Ebola epidemic has reached home as two healthcare workers have transported from Africa to Emory University Hospital.  Their treatment, which is still considered to be experimental, is described here as a "three anibody cocktail"  http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/40700/title/Serum-to-Stop-Ebola-/.  The drug was generated in Owensboro Kentucky using tobacco plants to generated the antibodies http://www.kentucky.com/2014/08/04/3365612/drug-given-to-american-ebola-victims.html.  This will be the first time the drug has been tested in humans.