Taking Ebola’s measure, says Integral Molecular, means mapping the deadly virus’ binding sites. Once these are known, they can be targeted by vaccines and therapeutics.

More than 40 years after it was identified, the Ebola virus continues to defy drugs, treatment plans—and experts’ best efforts to solve its mysteries.

As the Ebola outbreak rampages through West Africa, one expert has warned the virus could mutate to become airborne. Pictured are health workers carrying the body of a woman they suspect died from ...

Ebola virus: What price for a miracle cure? If GlaxoSmithKline’s tests go according to plan, the firm and its partners could produce more than 10,000 vaccines by early next year James Ashton ...

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These viruses, which have gained the ability to jump from their host to infect humans, are known as zoonotic viruses. Zoonotic disease can also be caused by parasites, bacteria and fungi.

A timeline of the Ebola virus: 1976 - A school teacher in Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo, becomes the first documented person to contract the Ebola virus and later dies. 1976 - 2013 ...

And one virus has always loomed as the big one — Ebola. The scientists who first chased this dreaded microbe back in the ’80s and ’90s became legends, inspiring a generation of virologists ...

Yes, Ebola is a scary infectious disease. But the first thing you should know is that it’s not very contagious – “Common sense and observation tell us that spread of the virus via coughing ...