In the Ebola experiments, Lacy-Hulbert, Bruchez, and their colleagues had been using a genetic screen called transposon-mediated gene activation to search for natural antiviral mechanisms within ...

Monkeys infected with Ebola can be cured with a pill, according to a new study out Friday that could pave the way for more ...

The Ebola and Marburg viruses, both members of the filovirus family, wreak havoc on host cells with just seven open reading frames (ORFs) encoded by a 19-kilobase RNA genome. But a comprehensive ...

As New York City's first Ebola patient, Craig Spencer became the ... community in 1993 for her discovery that altering a single gene in roundworms could double their life span.