A medicines research laboratory is looking for people to be injected with an Ebola vaccine to help find a cure for the disease.

Hammersmith Medical Research is holding the clinical trials to develop an immunisation that scientists hope will prevent people becoming infected with the deadly disease.

There is currently no licensed treatment or vaccine for Ebola, which has killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa since the world’s biggest outbreak began in the forest region of Guinea in December 2013.

'Are you 18-65 years old and in good health? If the answer is YES, then you might be suitable for a study of an Ebola vaccine.'

It goes on to explain that there is still no specific cure or vaccine for Ebola.

Participants are typically given blood tests and a full medical to ensure they are fit enough for the trial before being given the experimental vaccine. 

The study involves up to 12 short outpatient visits and could last up to a year, it explains. 

'You won't catch Ebola if you take part in this study,' the advert stresses.

The vicious disease has infected an estimated 28,000 people, killing more than 11,000 in the last 18 months, in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, the US and Mali.

The World Health Organisation says the actual figures could be far higher, given the difficulty collecting the data.

While new cases have fallen sharply this year, experts have warned there is a chance it could reignite. 

As a result scientists across the world have focused their efforts on examining the disease, to try and develop the world's first effective vaccine.