Filoviruses get their name from the Latin word "filum," meaning thread—a reference to their long, filamentous shape. This virus family contains some of the most dangerous pathogens known to science, ...
Ginkgo Bioworks has been awarded a contract through the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority’s (BARDA) Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Preparedness Consortium (BioMaP-Consortium).
Ginkgo and Partners to Develop Monoclonal Antibody Biomanufacturing Innovations and to Produce an Anti-Filovirus Medical Countermeasure BOSTON, Nov. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA) ...
Scientists have found that an oral antiviral drug successfully prevents monkeys from dying after an Ebola infection, an advance that may prevent future outbreaks of the deadly virus. The deadly Ebola ...
Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...
Researchers have traced a cellular route Ebola virus (EBOV) uses to traverse the inner and outer layers of skin and emerge onto the skin's surface. The study identifies new cell types within the skin ...
Researchers at the University of Iowa (UI) Health Care and colleagues at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, and Boston University, used human skin explants to track the cellular route that the ...
University of Iowa scientists have traced Ebola’s journey through skin cells, identifying a possible route for its spread via skin-to-skin contact. This provides a basis for new strategies in Ebola ...
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) announced today that it was awarded a contract modification executing an option period by the Biomedical ...
Chinese scientists have developed a virus in the lab that mimics an Ebola infection, wiping out a whole group of hamsters after giving them ulcers in their eyes. The newly developed virus model ...
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 218, Supplement 5: Marburg and Ebola Viruses: Marking 50 Years Since Discovery (15 December 2018), pp. S453-S457 (5 pages) The mouse model for Ebola virus ...
Background Heterologous immunity is the induction of an immune response to an unrelated pathogen upon exposure to a different pathogen, involving memory T cells and B cells response. Studies showed ...