Asian Herb Holds Promise as Treatment for Ebola Virus Disease
Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 15:00
in Biology & Nature
New research focuses on the mechanism by which Ebola virus infects a cell and the discovery of a promising drug therapy candidate. A small molecule called Tetrandrine derived from an Asian herb has shown to be a potent small molecule inhibiting infection of human white blood cells in vitro or petri dish experiments and prevented Ebola virus disease in mice.