Ebola future or investigational therapies
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Michael Maddaleni, B.S.
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Future therapy
There is new research, that has been tested on monkeys, which shows some promising results as far as protection from ebola. This new therapy has shown promise when it comes to treating accidental infections with the ebola virus, which would be a very important feat, especially for people working with ebola in laboratories"Novel 'antisense' therapies protect primates from lethal Ebola and Marburg viruses".. The research, which took place under the supervision of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, uses a specific group of compounds called antisense phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers, or PMOs"Novel 'antisense' therapies protect primates from lethal Ebola and Marburg viruses".. The scientists eventually developed a therapy, which was referred to as AVI-6002, that was able to demonstrate a survival rate of approximately 90% in pre and post-exposure animals"Novel 'antisense' therapies protect primates from lethal Ebola and Marburg viruses"..