On Thursday, December 19, 2019, the FDA announced the approval of Ervebo, the first FDA-approved vaccine for the prevention of the Ebola virus disease. The new vaccine protects against the Zaire species of Ebola virus, which is responsible for more than 11,000 deaths in West Africa between 2014 and 2016, and over 2,200 deaths in […]
Researchers are still working hard to develop an Ebola vaccine, and in exciting news, scientists have developed an inhaled Ebola vaccine that has been able to protect laboratory monkeys. After just one dose of the aerosol vaccine, researchers were unable to find any trace of Ebola after the monkeys were exposed to the virus! The […]
Since the 1970s, researchers have worked diligently to gather data from every Ebola outbreak. Recently, British researchers compiled this data and used computer progams to analyze the genetic changes in the virus. Their findings? The Ebola virus has evolved. Viruses change and evolve all the time, so it’s not surprising that the Ebola virus has […]
The Ebola virus is changing- but researchers aren’t quite sure what that means yet. Could the virus be mutating in a way that’s making it more contagious? By analyzing blood samples from people who have been infected by the disease, scientists are trying to determine how it’s being transmitted. They’re using genetic sequencing to monitor […]
With the help of some very special cattle in Americas heartland, Ebola virus may have a new enemy. Genetically engineered Holstein-Jersey cross cattle are producing human antibodies. The same antibodies that Ebola survivors produce and are transplanted into infected people as a treatment. Ebola survivor Dr Kent Brantly has given over a gallon of his […]
Tens of thousands of people have died from Ebola in several countries in Africa that has resulted in a huge push to develop vaccines, hundreds of thousands of dollars. Reports say that the disease is on the decline, but not completely gone for now. What about other populations in Africa? As the ebb and flow […]
Viagra?? Yes, that little blue pill might be the silver bullet in treating viruses and brain cancer! New research suggests that some viruses previously considered ‘untreatable’ could actually be treatable, thanks to Viagra. By targeting a specific protein called GRP78, researchers were able to use Viagra, combined with another drug called AR-12, to prevent viral […]