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Possible Treatment For Ebola

Posted by samzenpus on from the there's-a-pill-for-that dept.

RedEaredSlider writes "Researchers at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases have found a class of drugs that could provide treatment for Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fever. The new drugs are called 'antisense' compounds, and they allow the immune system to attack the viruses before they can do enough damage to kill the patient. Travis Warren, research scientist at USAMRIID, said while the work is still preliminary -— the drugs have been tested only on primates — the results are so far promising. In the case of Ebola, five of eight monkeys infected with the virus lived, and with Marburg, all survived. The drugs were developed as part of a program to deal with possible bioterrorist threats, in partnership with AVI Biopharma."

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  1. Netflix Called by Some.Net(Guy) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Outbreak rentals just dropped to zero

    1. Re:Netflix Called by Dexter+Herbivore · · Score: 2, Funny

      Of course, there's no military applications to curing cancer.

  2. E-1101 by camperdave · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess they just pulled some E-1101 out of the freezer.

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  3. Great by Beardydog · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now what am I supposed to wish upon my enemies?

    1. Re:Great by Pseudonym+Authority · · Score: 2, Funny

      You only wished for Ebola? I always go with erectile dysfunction.

    2. Re:Great by Chris+Burke · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ebola and an anti-ebola shot juuuuuuuust out of reach.

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  4. Ebola by funkify · · Score: 4, Funny

    There once was a man from Angola
    Who contracted a case of Ebola.
    He puked out his guts,
    Not excluding his nuts,
    Then died as he cried out, "Ricola!"