Six years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Ebola outbreak in West Africa had people fearing the possibility of a global outbreak. This was the first time many had ever heard of the virus, ...

According to a new study, an experiment on monkeys has shown that Ebola can be cured with just a pill. First discovered in ...

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 ...

"This study explores the role of the skin as a potential route of Ebola virus infection and identifies, for the first time, several cell types in the skin that are permissive to infection," says ...

How Ebola enters the cell is shown. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any ...

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 ...

The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a fatality rate of 50% but remains poorly understood in terms of how it infects cells. Currently, no approved treatments exist. To address this critical ...

The deadly Ebola virus is highly lethal to humans and nonhuman ... proteins that support activation of the immune system’s T cells. Monkeys provided ODV also appeared to have better anti ...

The monkeys were given a high-dose of Ebola virus. Monkeys infected with Ebola can be cured using a pill, a new study has found which could revolutionise the fight against the deadly virus.

These viruses have only the capsid surrounding their genetic material. A virus budding from a host cell membrane. This sequence of steps forms the virus’s envelope. A host is an organism that a ...