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Lawless ultimately traced her infection to someone she had dated during college who had contracted the virus through a blood transfusion. Despite her uncertain future, she and her boyfriend of five years, Jim Hughes, who remained uninfected, decided to marry. But starting a family was not part of the plan for the couple, who practiced safe sex. "I thought HIV was a death sentence, and we weren't even sure I'd make it to the wedding the next year, let alone have children...
While the study made great strides in understanding the Ebola virus, there is still much work to be done, according to both Cunningham and Chandran...
...goal is to use this information to understand in more detail the molecular mechanism by which Ebola virus uses cell surface enzymes to invade cells,” Cunningham wrote...
Chandran noted that the next step will be to look at other cell types and the effect of their research on animals. Chandran said that the study’s authors are also interested in the effects of their research on similar viruses, such as the Marburg virus, which is currently sweeping through parts of Africa...
...have an opportunity to pursue a therapeutic strategy,” Chandran said. “But it’s very early on. A lot more things have to happen before one could say that there’s a therapy for the Ebola virus...