The worst of the recent Ebola epidemic is over, but the threat of future outbreaks lingers. Monitoring the virus requires laboratories with trained personnel, which limits how rapidly tests can be done. Now scientists report ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 27, 2016
0
9
Google launched a campaign Monday to raise money to fight Ebola, tossing $10 million into the pot and saying it will match donations to the fund two to one.
Business
Nov 10, 2014
0
0
The way in which the Italian city of Venice dealt with the outbreak of the plague in the fourteenth century holds lessons on how to even mitigate the consequences of today's emerging threats, like climate change, terrorism, ...
Social Sciences
Aug 26, 2014
0
0
Research led by Iowa State University scientists has them a step closer to finding a way to counter the Ebola virus.
Jan 12, 2009
1
0
Why are viruses such as Ebola so dangerous to humans yet do not appear to harm the bats which transmit them? A team of scientists from the University of Bristol, UK and CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratories (AAHL) ...
Biotechnology
Nov 24, 2014
1
0
In the war against Ebola, one important hurdle has just been cleared – by a mouse.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 31, 2014
0
0
Mosquitoes are deadly efficient at spreading disease. Despite vaccines and efforts to eradicate the pesky insects, they continue to infect humans with feared diseases like Zika virus, malaria and West Nile virus.
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 21, 2016
1
74
A new collaborative study has identified and studied Ebola antibodies that could be used to design universal therapeutics that are effective against many different Ebola species. The findings were recently published in Nature ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 7, 2018
0
11
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a threat to human health, but it also threatens the survival of African great apes. A new review examines the current knowledge about EVD in great apes and documents the link between outbreaks ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 5, 2016
0
123
In their evolutionary battle for survival, viruses have developed strategies to spark and perpetuate infection. Once inside a host cell, the Ebola virus, for example, hijacks molecular pathways to replicate itself and eventually ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 3, 2023
0
67
