A Weapon Against Ebola: Army Docs' Treatment Helps Monkeys Survive
Synthetic nucleotides halt replication of the viruses in tests on monkeys. The FDA OKs clinical trials in primates. 'Any disorder that involves a genetic problem can potentially be treated,' says one expert.Synthetic nucleotides injected into monkeys can block the replication of Ebola and Marburg viruses, suggesting it eventually may be possible to protect humans against these deadly bioterror agents, researchers said Sunday.
A Weapon Against Ebola: Army Docs' Treatment Helps Monkeys Survive
In this week’s Nature Medicine, a study brings a ray of success in ...
Mon 23 Aug 10 from Discover Magazine
Hopeful step in fight against Ebola virus
US authorities have given the green light for human volunteers to be tested with a new treatment for Ebola, a notorious African virus and feared future weapon of bioterrorism.
Mon 23 Aug 10 from ABC Science
Scientists hail breakthrough in fight against deadly Ebola virus
Scientists have developed a new kind of "antisense" drug that has produced promising results in laboratory trials involving the Ebola and Marburg viruses, two of the most lethal known. The drug ...
Sun 22 Aug 10 from The Independent
Novel 'antisense' therapies protect primates from lethal Ebola and Marburg viruses
New studies show that treatments targeting specific viral genes protected monkeys infected with deadly Ebola or Marburg viruses. Furthermore, the animals were protected even when therapeutics ...
Sun 22 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
Featured - Novel 'antisense' therapies protect primates from lethal Ebola and Marburg, Mon 23 Aug 10 from Labspaces.net
Drugs protect monkeys from Ebola, U.S. study finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government researchers working to find ways to treat the highly deadly Ebola virus said on Sunday a new approach from AVI BioPharma Inc saved monkeys after they were ...
Mon 23 Aug 10 from Reuters
Drugs protect monkeys from Ebola, U.S. study finds, Mon 23 Aug 10 from Reuters
Drugs protect monkeys from Ebola, U.S. study finds, Sun 22 Aug 10 from Reuters
Drugs block Ebola, Marburg viruses in tests
Synthetic nucleotides halt replication of the viruses in tests on monkeys. The FDA OKs clinical trials in primates. 'Any disorder that involves a genetic problem can potentially be treated,' ...
Sun 22 Aug 10 from L.A. Times
New Compounds May Lead to Treatments for Ebola, Marburg Viruses
Mon 23 Aug 10 from Emaxhealth
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