Filoviruses are among the globe's most lethal—indeed, so dangerous they can be handled only in high-security laboratories.

His lab has looked at key pieces of this protein, including the L domain, a short stretch of amino acids that hijacks host proteins the Ebola virus uses to exit the cell. By looking at host ...

A team of scientists has uncovered the remarkable potential of a human antibody, mAb 3A6, in fighting Ebola virus infections.

A new study published in the journal Cell has revealed that scientists have discovered the interaction between an Ebola virus protein and a protein in human cells that may be an important key to ...

This was the first time many had ever heard of the virus, but since it was first identified in 1976, there have actually been more than 20 serious Ebola incidents. Thankfully, none of them had the ...

‘Filming’ viruses at atomic resolution Filoviruses, such as the Ebola virus and Marburg ... by focusing on the entry of a virus into a host cell, which is the first stage of virus infection.

Ebola infections are frequent in Uganda which has many tropical forests that are natural reservoirs for the virus. The latest outbreak, caused by the Sudan strain of the virus, was detected on ...

These viruses have only the capsid surrounding their genetic material. A virus budding from a host cell membrane. This sequence of steps forms the virus’s envelope. A host is an organism that a ...

A new study published in the journal Cell has revealed that scientists have discovered the interaction between an Ebola virus protein and a protein in human cells that may be an important key to ...

Uganda declared the end of an Ebola virus outbreak Saturday, which has killed at least two people in the east African nation ...