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Released: 17-Aug-2020 3:40 PM EDT
Army and Illinois researchers design, test protein that may lead to COVID-19 therapeutic
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

A novel receptor protein that binds to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and prevents it from entering cells may hold promise for treating COVID-19 and other coronavirus-related diseases, according to research published online Aug. 4 in the journal SCIENCE.

Released: 29-Apr-2016 3:05 PM EDT
Ebola Virus Genome Provides Clues to Repeated Disease 'Flare-Ups' in Western Africa
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

Ebola virus samples taken from patients in Liberia in June 2015 are strikingly similar in their genetic makeup to other Ebola virus sequences from Western Africa, according to research published online today in the journal Science Advances. The study sheds light on several aspects of the "flare-ups" that have occurred in Liberia since the country was initially declared free of Ebola virus disease.



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