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A device to quickly capture and identify various strains of virus has been developed, according to researchers at Penn State and New York University.

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Keywords: virus capture, Nanoscience, Raman Spectroscopy

Scientists using specialized beamlines at Argonne's Structural Biology Center (SBC), a facility for macromolecular crystallography at the Advanced Photon Source, derived insights that led to the discovery of a promising new drug for Ebola.

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Keywords: Biology, Diseases, Medical Science, Photonics, X-Ray Science and Technology, Advanced Photon Source, Structural Biology

La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) is placing their confidence in Berkeley Lights’ Beacon® Optofluidic Platform and B cell antibody discovery workflow to accelerate the discovery of rare and lifesaving antibodies for the treatment of re-emerging and emerging diseases.

Channels: Immunology, Ebola,

Keywords: antibody discovery, Ebola, Treatments, berkeley lights, beacon Optofluidic Platform

In mid-August 2019, human clinical trials were halted in the current Ebola epidemic that has claimed more than 2,100 lives in Africa. The findings resulted in the discontinuation of two of the drugs in the trial. Future patients will be randomly assigned to receive either REGN-EB3 (Regeneron) or mAb114 (Ridgeback Biotherapeutics) in an extension phase of the study. Texas Biomedical Research Institute scientists in the Institute’s Biosafety Level 4 contract research program conducted preclinical testing of several of the compounds in the trial, working with Regeneron and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

Channels: Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Vaccines, Ebola, Grant Funded News,

Keywords: Ebola, Biomedical Research, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority

WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and NIH (National Institutes of Health) scientists partnered with the Republic of Congo Ministry of Health to develop a low-cost educational outreach program and surveillance system for wildlife mortality that has continued now for over a decade.

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Keywords: Biology, Structural Biology, Structural Genomics, Crystallography, Protein Expression, Gene Cloning, Purification, Enzymes, Molecular Chaperones

A team devised a way to better model water’s properties. They developed a machine-learning workflow that offers accurate and computationally efficient models.

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Keywords: Water, Machine Learning, Modeling & Simulation, water model, Supercomputing

Amid the worsening Ebola outbreak in the Congo, now threatening to spill into Rwanda, a new study suggests that an existing, FDA-approved drug called nitazoxanide could potentially help contain this deadly

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The World Health Organization’s declaration today that the year-long Ebola crisis is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern is hoped to raise much-needed awareness and resources for preparedness and control efforts across the region. The decision was made following new incidents highlighting risks of repeated cross-border spread of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Keywords: PHEIC, DRC, World Health Organization, WHO, Ebola, public health emergency of international concern, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Infectious Diseases, Idsa, HIVMA, Infectious Diseases Society Of America, HIV Medicine Association

Channels: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Ebola,

Keywords: Ebola, DRC, PHEIC