Tag: ebola

Research Roundup: Preventing macular degeneration blindness; A vaccine to the bio-terrorism toxin ricin and more!

Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form … Continue reading Research Roundup: Preventing macular degeneration blindness; A vaccine to the bio-terrorism toxin ricin and more!

Research Roundup: A cure for cocaine addiction; using the Zika virus vaccine to fight brain cancers and more!

Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form … Continue reading Research Roundup: A cure for cocaine addiction; using the Zika virus vaccine to fight brain cancers and more!

Ebola Vaccine, four decades in the making

Recent news indicates that the Ebola virus is spreading throughout the northern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, including one case in Mbandaka, a city with a population of 1 million. Many people will remember the outbreak in 2014 that led to more than 10,000 deaths in West Africa. In efforts to curb a new outbreak, the … Continue reading Ebola Vaccine, four decades in the making

Research Roundup: Human-sheep chimeras and the organ crisis, clinical trials for an Ebola vaccine developed and tested in animals and more!

Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form on … Continue reading Research Roundup: Human-sheep chimeras and the organ crisis, clinical trials for an Ebola vaccine developed and tested in animals and more!