Ebola Virus Disease News and Research

Latest Ebola Virus Disease News and Research

Penn Vet researchers identify potential target to fight against Ebola

Viruses and their hosts are in a eternal game of one-upmanship. If a host cell evolves a way to stop a virus from spreading, the virus will look for a new path. And so on and so forth.

12 Jan 2017

New study shows efficacy of Ebola vaccine in offering protection against disease

An experimental Ebola vaccine was highly protective against the deadly virus in a major trial in Guinea, according to a new study that included researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

26 Dec 2016

UF researchers play integral role in Ebola vaccine trial

An international group of researchers associated with the World Health Organization has published its final report on the Ebola vaccine trial in Guinea, finding that the vaccine is a safe and effective way to prevent Ebola infection.

26 Dec 2016

Experimental Ebola vaccine offers high protection against deadly virus, reveals major trial

An experimental Ebola vaccine was highly protective against the deadly virus in a major trial in Guinea, according to results published today in The Lancet. The vaccine is the first to prevent infection from one of the most lethal known pathogens, and the findings add weight to early trial results published last year.

23 Dec 2016

New UTMB study sheds light on how Ebola effectively disables immune system

A new study at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston sheds light on how Ebola so effectively disables the human immune system.

6 Dec 2016

NCATS funds collaboration initiative aimed at repurposing antimalarial to combat Ebola virus

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences recently awarded $596,533.00 to Collaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to initiate a partnership with Texas Biomedical Research Institute aimed at repurposing an antimalarial for use against the Ebola virus.

10 Nov 2016

Ebola mutation increased infectivity

New research finds a genetic mutation in the Ebola virus that enabled it to target human cells more effectively during the recent Ebola epidemic.

4 Nov 2016

Neutralizing antibodies from Ebola survivors can protect mice against deadly viral challenge

A study by scientists at the Emory Vaccine Center, in collaboration with the biotechnology company Atreca, Inc., has found that antibodies generated from the blood of survivors of Ebola virus disease can strongly neutralize the Ebola virus in the laboratory and protect mice from a lethal viral challenge.

26 Oct 2016

Study sheds new insights on immune cells involved in fighting dengue virus infection

India suffers from the highest number of dengue infections in the world, but there are few studies, if any, to understand the immune cells involved in fighting the virus.

21 Oct 2016

Six candidates running for next Director General of WHO present their visions and priorities

Six candidates are running for next Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The Lancet asked them each for personal statements and answers to ten questions about their candidacy, global health, and priorities for WHO.

17 Oct 2016

Novel Trojan Horse antibody strategy may target Ebola's Achilles' heel

In research published online today in Science, a team of scientists describe a new therapeutic strategy to target a hidden Achilles' heel shared by all known types of Ebola virus.

8 Sep 2016

New mathematical model could help predict potential outbreaks of Ebola and Lassa fever

Potential outbreaks of diseases such as Ebola and Lassa fever may be more accurately predicted thanks to a new mathematical model developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge.

2 Sep 2016

New chemical compound could potentially be used to treat Ebola virus infection

Scientists have found Ebola's Achilles' heel: a new kind of chemical compound can block the protein Ebola uses to break out of cells and infect new cells.

24 Aug 2016

TSRI scientists zoom in to view how experimental therapy ZMapp targets Ebola virus

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute now have a high-resolution view of exactly how the experimental therapy ZMapp targets Ebola virus.

9 Aug 2016

Scientists discover modified human protein involved in Ebola virus replication

A newly identified requirement of a modified human protein in ebolavirus (EBOV) replication, may unlock the door for new approaches to treating Ebola.

26 Jul 2016

Soligenix announces encouraging preliminary results of heat stable Ebola vaccine

A biopharmaceutical company collaborating with Hawai'i scientists on an Ebola vaccine announced encouraging news about its vaccine today.

19 Jul 2016

Ecologists identify bat species with high potential to harbor Ebola and other filoviruses

An international team of ecologists has identified the bat species with the greatest potential to harbor filoviruses--a family that includes Ebola virus.

15 Jul 2016

Study shows over 20 countries remain environmentally suitable for transmission of Ebola virus

Though the West African Ebola outbreak that began in 2013 is now under control, 23 countries remain environmentally suitable for animal-to-human transmission of the Ebola virus.

14 Jul 2016

PREVAIL IV trial opens in Liberia for EVD survivors with persistent traces of Ebola virus RNA

The Partnership for Research on Ebola Virus in Liberia, a U.S.-Liberia joint Clinical Research Partnership, today announced the opening of PREVAIL IV, a treatment trial for men who have survived Ebola virus disease (EVD) but continue to have evidence of Ebola virus genetic material, RNA, in their semen.

6 Jul 2016

TSRI scientists develop new strategy to design potential HIV vaccine candidates

Want to catch a criminal? Show a mugshot on the news. Want to stop HIV infections? Get the immune system to recognize and attack the virus's tell-tale structure. That's part of the basic approach behind efforts at The Scripps Research Institute to design an AIDS vaccine.

29 Jun 2016

Ebola Virus Disease News and Research

Latest Ebola Virus Disease News and Research

Penn Vet researchers identify potential target to fight against Ebola

New study shows efficacy of Ebola vaccine in offering protection against disease

UF researchers play integral role in Ebola vaccine trial

Experimental Ebola vaccine offers high protection against deadly virus, reveals major trial

New UTMB study sheds light on how Ebola effectively disables immune system

NCATS funds collaboration initiative aimed at repurposing antimalarial to combat Ebola virus

Ebola mutation increased infectivity

Neutralizing antibodies from Ebola survivors can protect mice against deadly viral challenge

Study sheds new insights on immune cells involved in fighting dengue virus infection

Six candidates running for next Director General of WHO present their visions and priorities

Novel Trojan Horse antibody strategy may target Ebola's Achilles' heel

New mathematical model could help predict potential outbreaks of Ebola and Lassa fever

New chemical compound could potentially be used to treat Ebola virus infection

TSRI scientists zoom in to view how experimental therapy ZMapp targets Ebola virus

Scientists discover modified human protein involved in Ebola virus replication

Soligenix announces encouraging preliminary results of heat stable Ebola vaccine

Ecologists identify bat species with high potential to harbor Ebola and other filoviruses

Study shows over 20 countries remain environmentally suitable for transmission of Ebola virus

PREVAIL IV trial opens in Liberia for EVD survivors with persistent traces of Ebola virus RNA

TSRI scientists develop new strategy to design potential HIV vaccine candidates

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Ebola Virus Disease News and Research

Latest Ebola Virus Disease News and Research

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

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