Public Release: 18-May-2017 Albert Einstein College of Medicine May 18, 2017 — (BRONX, NY) — After analyzing the blood of a survivor of the 2013-16 Ebola outbreak, a team of scientists from academia, industry and the government has… Read More ›
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Ebola adapted to better infect humans during 2013-2016 epidemic
Public Release: 3-Nov-2016 Cell Press IMAGE: This figure depicts the finding that an Ebola glycoprotein mutant that arose early during the West African epidemic increases infectivity of human cells and may have contributed to increased mortality. Credit: Luban… Read More ›
New ‘Trojan horse’ antibody strategy shows promise against all Ebola viruses
Public Release: 8-Sep-2016 Advance could work against other viruses Albert Einstein College of Medicine September 8, 2016–(BRONX, NY) –In research published online today in Science, a team of scientists describe a new therapeutic strategy to target a hidden Achilles’… Read More ›
Malaria parasites help fight Ebola
Public Release: 16-Aug-2016 NIH explores connection between Ebola survival and co-infection with malaria parasites NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases People infected with Ebola virus were 20 percent more likely to survive if they were co-infected with malaria-causing Plasmodium… Read More ›
Antibodies eliminate Ebola symptoms 5 days after infection
Public Release: 25-Feb-2016 American Association for the Advancement of Science Researchers have harvested two antibodies from a survivor of a 1995 Ebola outbreak, one of which was so effective at subduing the virus that nonhuman primates given the treatment… Read More ›
Plant extract Cistus incanus may be effective against HIV, Ebola- and Marburg viruses
Public Release: 2-Feb-2016 Effects on HIV and Ebola Cell culture experiments reveal potent antiviral activity of Cistus incanus Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health Neuherberg, February 2, 2016. Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München discover that… Read More ›
Antibodies may provide ‘silver bullet’ for Ebola viruses
Public Release: 21-Jan-2016 Vanderbilt University Medical Center There may be a “silver bullet” for Ebola, a family of hemorrhagic viruses, one of which has killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa in the past two years. Researchers at… Read More ›
Study shows high frequency of spontaneous mutation in Ebola virus
Public Release: 5-Jan-2016 Mutation rate of Ebola virus could prove a useful therapy Texas Biomedical Research Institute SAN ANTONIO (January 5, 2016) – In late December, nearly two years after the epidemic began, the World Health Organization has declared… Read More ›
Sexual transmission of Ebola possible after more than 179 days of disease onset
Public Release: 15-Oct-2015 Sexual transmission of Ebola virus in Liberia confirmed using genomic analysis US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases A suspected case of sexual transmission of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Liberia was confirmed using genomic analysis,… Read More ›
Ebola virus mutations may help it evade drug treatment
Public Release: 11-Sep-2015 US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Genetic mutations called “escape variants” in the deadly Ebola virus appear to block the ability of antibody-based treatments to ward off infection, according to a team of U.S. Army… Read More ›
