Daily India, June 24, 2009
UTMB researchers say that they have discovered two biochemical pathways that the Ebola virus relies on to infect cells. Using substances that block the activation of those pathways, they've prevented Ebola infection in cell-culture experiments. The experiments might be an early step in developing a therapy for the deadly virus. Reports about the study appear worldwide, including in Thaindian News and the Galveston County Daily News. Robert Davey was the lead author of the paper appearing in Drug Discovery Research. The research team includes Andrey A. Kolokoltsov, Mohammad F. Saeed, Alexander N. Freiberg and Michael R. Holbrook.