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Ampligen Earns Orphan Drug Designation for Ebola
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Ampligen Earns Orphan Drug Designation for Ebola

  • Post author:Jessica Lynn
  • Post published:November 9, 2022
  • Post category:Ebola

In the United States, Orphan Drug designation is granted to drugs or biologics intended to treat, prevent, or diagnose a rare disease or condition. Rare conditions are those affecting fewer…

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Nanobody Test Able to Identify Known (And Unknown!) Ebola Species

Nanobody Test Able to Identify Known (And Unknown!) Ebola Species

  • Post author:Jessica Lynn
  • Post published:April 19, 2022
  • Post category:Ebola

Six years ago, researchers began developing single-domain antibodies (nanobodies) to help identify different species of Ebola; their work can be found published in ACS Infectious Diseases. Initially, the nanobodies were created to…

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Ebola Can Persist and Re-Emerge Even Following Treatment, Study Shares

Ebola Can Persist and Re-Emerge Even Following Treatment, Study Shares

  • Post author:Jessica Lynn
  • Post published:February 15, 2022
  • Post category:Ebola

The Ebola virus is endemic in certain areas of Africa, where viral outbreaks still exist to this day. For example, there were at least three Ebola outbreaks in Africa during…

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Six African Nations on Alert Following Ebola Outbreak in Guinea
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Six African Nations on Alert Following Ebola Outbreak in Guinea

  • Post author:Jessica Lynn
  • Post published:February 17, 2021
  • Post category:Ebola

424 words (source) vs. 431 words (mine) - 3% match Earlier this week, Guinea, a country located in West Africa, reported new cases of Ebola, a rare and deadly infection.…

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Inmazeb Becomes First FDA-Approved Ebola Treatment
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Inmazeb Becomes First FDA-Approved Ebola Treatment

  • Post author:Jessica Lynn
  • Post published:October 19, 2020
  • Post category:Ebola/Rare Disease

In December 2019, the FDA approved Ervebo, the first-ever Ebola vaccine. However, despite preventative measures, there still was never any actually approved treatment options - until now. Recently, the FDA…

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The End of an Ebola Outbreak Brings New Problems to Survivors

The End of an Ebola Outbreak Brings New Problems to Survivors

  • Post author:Rose Duesterwald
  • Post published:October 6, 2020
  • Post category:Ebola/Rare Disease

Healio recently published interviews with members of UCLA’s DRC Health Training and Research Program conducted by Infectious Disease News. Only a few months ago, WHO had announced the end of…

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Regeneron’s REGN-EB3 Proves Superior as Treatment for Ebola in Clinical Trial
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Regeneron’s REGN-EB3 Proves Superior as Treatment for Ebola in Clinical Trial

  • Post author:James Moore
  • Post published:December 5, 2019
  • Post category:Ebola

According to a story from PR Newswire, the biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., recently announced the release of data from a clinical trial comparing four experimental treatments for Ebola virus…

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Rare Diseases: A Catch 22 Dilemma

Rare Diseases: A Catch 22 Dilemma

  • Post author:Rose Duesterwald
  • Post published:October 28, 2019
  • Post category:Batten Disease/Chagas disease/Ebola/Fragile X Syndrome/Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome/Spinal Muscular Atrophy

  A guest speaker at the 2019 Rare Disease Forum recently held at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center acknowledged that screening is necessary to justify the need for a particular…

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