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.

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