Latest news from U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases on Newswise en-us Copyright 2024 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/army-and-illinois-researchers-design-test-protein-that-may-lead-to-covid-19-therapeutic/?sc=rsin /articles/army-and-illinois-researchers-design-test-protein-that-may-lead-to-covid-19-therapeutic/?sc=rsin Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:40:05 EST 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. U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases /articles/ebola-virus-genome-provides-clues-to-repeated-disease-flare-ups-in-western-africa/?sc=rsin /articles/ebola-virus-genome-provides-clues-to-repeated-disease-flare-ups-in-western-africa/?sc=rsin Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:05:36 EST 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. U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases