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Breakthrough in fight against fatal Ebola as new drug saves 100% of monkeys tested
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Contributor | kal |
Last Edited | kal May 30, 2010 02:26pm |
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Media | Newspaper - Daily Mail |
News Date | Sunday, May 30, 2010 08:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | A gene silencing approach can save monkeys from high doses of the most lethal strain of Ebola virus in what researchers call the most viable route yet to treating the deadly and frightening infection.
They used small interfering RNAs or siRNAs, a new technology being developed by a number of companies, to hold the virus at bay for a week until the immune system could take over. Tests in four rhesus monkeys showed that seven daily injections cured 100 per cent of them.
U.S. government researchers and a small Canadian biotech company, Tekmira Pharmaceuticals, worked together to develop the new approach, described in the Lancet medical journal on Thursday.
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