Scientists Develop Universal Ebola Treatment Effective in Single Dose
There is a new medication that in one dose successfully protected nonhuman primates against a lethal infection of all strains of the deadly Ebola virus. The findings are now available in Cell Host & Microbe.
Dr. Thomas Geisbert, a world-renowned Ebola researcher at The University of Texas Medical Branch, said that previous therapeutics typically were of the “one bug, one drug” variety. But because of the unpredictable nature and variety of the Ebola virus, scientists have been seeking a way to protect against different strains of the virus.
Enlargement of the tiny Ebola virions (Unit: 1 Micrometre) (Scanning electron microscopic image)
“Our experimental drug can protect against all forms of Ebola known to harm people, suggesting that it will continue to protect people if the Ebola viruses evolve over time,” said Geisbert, who is a professor of microbiology and immunology at UTMB.
“We were able to protect the nonhuman primates against all the Ebola species plaguing people at a single low dose,” said Larry Zeitlin, president of Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc. “Further studies exploring even lower doses could open the door to treatment via auto-injectors like the kind used for allergic reactions. The ability to quickly and efficiently provide protection against all Ebola viruses in a single dose would reduce the burden on health care workers in the field during outbreaks, especially in regions that have a less-developed infrastructure.”
Contacts and sources:Donna Ramirez
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Citation:
A Two-Antibody Pan-Ebolavirus Cocktail Confers Broad Therapeutic Protection in Ferrets and Nonhuman Primates Cell Host & Microbe.
Other authors of this paper include UTMB’s Chad Mire, Robert Cross, Joan Geisbert, Viktoriya Borisevich and Krystle Agans; Zachary Bornholdt, Dafna Abelson, William Shestowsky, Ognian Bohorov, Natasha Bohorova, Jesus Velasco, Eric Ailor, Do Kim, Michael Pauly and Kevin Whaley from Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc.; Andrew Herbert, Rebekah James and John Dye from the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases; Shihua He, Md Niaz Rahim, Wenjun Zhu, Logan Banadyga, Kevin Tierney and Xiangguo Qiu from the Public Health Agency of Canada; Anna Wec, Ariel Wirchnianski and Kartik Chandran from Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Bronwyn Gunn and Galit Alter from The Ragon Institute; Eileen Goodwin and Laura Walker from Adimab LLC.
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