... in the development of potential Ebola virus vaccines, or treatments for those infected. "Much about Ebola virus is still a mystery," says Erica Ollmann Saphire, the Scripps Research scientist who led ...
... diagnostic assays and genome sequencing approaches. To determine the genetic signature of this new Ebola virus species, scientists used a recently developed random-primed pyro-sequencing approach, ...
... the infected cell from releasing the newly made virus, thus shutting down spread to other cells. However, this study shows that the Ebola virus has developed a way to disable tetherin, thus ...
A form of Ebola virus has been detected in pigs for the first time, raising concerns it could mutate and pose a new risk to humans.
... membrane). By activating the PI3 kinase pathway, they found, an Ebola virus particle tricks the cell into drawing it ... "Whether you're talking about Ebola or Ebola virus-like particles, they've all got ...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Global health officials are investigating a strain of the Ebola virus found in dead pigs in the Philippines.
Eleven people have died in Congo due to an outbreak of the Ebola virus, the country's health minister said on Tuesday.
... "Without functional VP35, the Ebola virus cannot replicate so it is noninfectious," said Amarasinghe.
The Ebola virus can cause hemorrhagic fever that is usually fatal. According to the Center for ...
A strain of the Ebola virus has been transmitted to pigs, posing concerns that the virus could mutate into a deadly human form.
Four more Filipinos have been shown to have contracted the Ebola Reston virus, a finding that increases the likelihood that pig-to-human transmission took place, health officials said.
Protection against Ebola, one of the world's deadliest viruses, can be achieved by a vaccine produced in insect cells, raising prospects for developing an effective vaccine for humans, according to ...
... Dr. Moscona.
Like the avian flu, SARS, and Ebola viruses, Hendra and Nipah are zoonotic pathogens. ... test that substituted a non-lethal cow virus for the real thing. They engineered a viral hybrid, ...
It's a nightmare scenario worthy of a sci-fi movie script: A scientist accidentally pricks her finger with a needle used to inject the deadly Ebola virus into lab mice.
... Michel Yao was arrested for smuggling vials from a Canadian ebola research center into the United States. However, ... of Health. Additionally, he didn't even have any ebola in his possession.
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Scientists have identified a lethal new virus in Africa that causes bleeding like the dreaded Ebola virus. The so-called "Lujo" virus infected five people in ...
