NanoViricide, Inc., presents research on anti-Ebola agents

by Ted Purlain on July 20, 2010

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Ebola

The results of NanoViricide, Inc.’s research into anti-Ebola agents were presented on July 17 to the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana.

Experimental vaccine shields monkeys against Ebola

by Ashton Daigle on May 25, 2010

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Ebola

Researchers recently announced that they have designed a vaccine that protects monkeys from at least three different strains of the Ebola virus.

SFBR receives contract to test vaccines for Ebola, Marburg viruses

by Paul Tinder on January 8, 2010

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Marburg

SAN ANTONIO — The Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research announced Jan. 6 that it has received a contract from the Dutch pharmaceutical firm Crucell to test a vaccine against Ebola and Marburg viruses, which cause hemorrhagic fevers.

Rare Ebola-like virus poses new threat to U.S. troops in Afghanistan

by Tina Redlup on November 11, 2009

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Ebola

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — U.S. military officials sent a medical team to a remote outpost in southern Afghanistan this week to take blood samples from members of an Army unit after a soldier in the unit died from an Ebola-like virus.