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NCATS funds collaboration initiative aimed at repurposing antimalarial to combat Ebola virus
NCATS funds collaboration initiative aimed at repurposing antimalarial to combat Ebola virus
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) recently awarded $596,533.00 to Collaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CPI) to initiate a partnership with Texas Biomedical Research Institute aimed at repurposing an antimalarial for use against the Ebola virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus.Since 2014, the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa has resulted in 28,657 suspected cases and 11,325 deaths (according to WHO statistics) and highlighted the need for broad-spectrum antiviral drugs for this and other emerging viruses.Data from a published large scale high throughput screen performed by SRI International and Texas Biomedical Research Institute was used to create machine learning models that identified 3 compounds active against the virus in vitro (in a lab, outside of a living organism).
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Medical expert warn of a risk of Ebola virus resurgence
Medical expert warn of a risk of Ebola virus resurgence
Medical experts have warned of a risk of a resurgence of the Ebola virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus in West Africa.Speakers at a health conference in Senegal, warned that without increased vigilance, the disease could reappear at any time in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.The three countries were the most affected by the epidemic.
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Employee possibly exposed to Ebola virus at Winnipeg lab
Employee possibly exposed to Ebola virus at Winnipeg lab
An employee at the national animal health lab in Winnipeg was potentially exposed to the Ebola virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus yesterday, federal officials say.The employee was wearing a protective suit and noticed a split in the seam, Dr. John Copps, director of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) told reporters Tuesday.The employee of the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease (NCFAD) was evaluated by an infectious disease specialist and has put himself in isolation for 21 days — the maximum time from Ebola infection to the onset of symptoms, according to the World Health Organization.
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Has a new mutation in the Ebola virus made it deadlier?
Has a new mutation in the Ebola virus made it deadlier?
The sheer size of the Ebola epidemic that began in 2013 and engulfed West Africa is still a bit of a riddle for scientists.Previous Ebola outbreaks had never sickened more than 600 people.But the outbreak in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea infected more than 28,000 before it was finally brought under control.
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The Ebola virus mutated to better infect humans during the 2014 outbreak
The Ebola virus mutated to better infect humans during the 2014 outbreak
A Liberian Red Cross burial team carries the body of a suspected victim of Ebola in Banjor, on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, in October 2014.(European Pressphoto Agency/Ahmed Jallanzo)The Ebola virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus/">virus mutated to more effectively infiltrate human cells during the West African outbreak that killed more than 11,300 people between 2013 and 2016.That's the finding of two teams of virologists in studies published Thursday in the journal Cell.
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