A nurse being treated for Ebola at a London hospital could be given blood donations from survivor Will Pooley to overcome the deadly virus.
Pauline Cafferkey fell ill after returning from Sierra Leone and is the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the UK.
She was initially treated at a Glasgow hospital after reporting symptoms on Monday morning, before being transferred to a specialist unit at the Royal Free Hospital on Tuesday.
Chief medical officer Professor Dame Sally Davies said the experimental drug ZMapp, which was used to treat Mr Pooley, is not available at the moment.
But she added that another option could be available: "We do have available a small amount of convalescent plasma.
"Will Pooley gave a donation of the plasma and the theory is as we fight off infections we make antibodies and if you harvest the plasma you got a source of antibodies that you can put in to someone and you'd expect it to work."
Ms Cafferkey is in a stable condition and the risk to the general public is said to be very low.
She travelled home via Casablanca and London Heathrow, spending around six hours in each airport before catching connecting flights.
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Gallery: Ebola Patient's Route To Glasgow
Freetown, Sierra Leone to Casablanca, Morocco
Casablanca to Heathrow, UK
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