Filoviruses are among the globe's most lethal—indeed, so dangerous they can be handled only in high-security laboratories.

A team of scientists has uncovered the remarkable potential of a human antibody, mAb 3A6, in fighting Ebola virus infections.

His lab has looked at key pieces of this protein, including the L domain, a short stretch of amino acids that hijacks host proteins the Ebola virus uses to exit the cell. By looking at host ...

The paper A. Bruchez et al., “MHC class II transactivator CIITA induces cell resistance to Ebola virus and SARS-like coronaviruses,” Science, 370:241–47, 2020. Earlier this year, immunologist Adam ...

A new study published in the journal Cell has revealed that scientists have discovered the interaction between an Ebola virus protein and a protein in human cells that may be an important key to ...

If Ebola virus was in his body ... whose body serves as its primary environment and whose cell machinery it can co-opt for reproducing. Some harmful viruses abide in nonhuman animals and only ...

This was the first time many had ever heard of the virus, but since it was first identified in 1976, there have actually been more than 20 serious Ebola incidents. Thankfully, none of them had the ...

Uganda declared the end of an Ebola virus outbreak Saturday, which has killed at least two people in the east African nation ...

A new study published in the journal Cell has revealed that scientists have discovered the interaction between an Ebola virus protein and a protein in human cells that may be an important key to ...

It said the declaration followed 42 days "without a new case since the last confirmed patient was discharged." ...