Word: ebola
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Three Harvard Medical School researchers are among a group that released a study last week identifying key enzymes that cause the deadly Ebola virus—findings that may eventually lead to an antiviral therapy that could be effective in treating the Ebola virus and others like...
Bili lies in Congo's far north, about 120 miles east of the Ebola River, where deep tropical forest breaks up into patches of savanna. Civil war and neglect have left the region nearly untouched by man. Overgrown dirt roads with bridges of rough-hewn logs string together thatched-roofed villages. Nearly all freight is carried in by bicycle. Locals hunt with homemade shotguns and crossbows seemingly modeled on 16th century Portuguese design. "This area is the last part of Africa where there are still wild animals," says Pontier, who grew up in the region. "It's not a game...
...were the sentiments of the Yale and Cornell men’s basketball teams in preparation for their matchups with Harvard. On consecutive Saturday nights, the Crimson handed both teams their fourth Ivy losses—which, with respect to the league title, is about as lethal as the Ebola virus. Hopefully, Harvard’s next two Saturday night opponents—Brown and Penn—adopt a different policy or they too could have their seasons spoiled—not unlike that bottle of milk that’s been in our trash for two months...
...Their fear is that of all the diseases in the world today?from SARS to AIDS, anthrax to Ebola?the single microbe with the greatest potential to become, as epidemiologists say, a "slate wiper," is influenza. Previous pandemics, such as the global outbreak of 1918 that killed an estimated 60 million people, have precipitated some of the greatest die-offs in history. We've all had the flu, of course, but those few days off from work with the sniffles are a completely different illness from that caused by a novel influenza against which we have no immunity. Without antiviral...
...threat of bioterrorism jump-started dormant plans to create reliable vaccines against some of the world's deadliest agents. In October U.S.-government scientists began their first human trial of an experimental vaccine against Ebola, a lethal African virus that triggers severe internal bleeding and kills up to 90% of its victims. Experts have long feared that Ebola could be turned into a devastating bioweapon. Meanwhile, at Harvard, researchers created an anthrax vaccine that, unlike older vaccines, targets both the toxins created by the bacterium and the bug itself...