Possible Treatment For Ebola

RedEaredSlider writes "Researchers at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases have found a class of drugs that could provide treatment for Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fever. The new drugs are called 'antisense' compounds, and they allow the immune system to attack the viruses before they can do enough damage to kill the patient. Travis Warren, research scientist at USAMRIID, said while the work is still preliminary -— the drugs have been tested only on primates — the results are so far promising. In the case of Ebola, five of eight monkeys infected with the virus lived, and with Marburg, all survived. The drugs were developed as part of a program to deal with possible bioterrorist threats, in partnership with AVI Biopharma."

Netflix Called

[Some.Net(Guy)]

Outbreak rentals just dropped to zero

E-1101

[camperdave]

I guess they just pulled some E-1101 [imdb.com] out of the freezer.

Great

[Beardydog]

Now what am I supposed to wish upon my enemies?

Re:Great

[Pseudonym Authority]

You only wished for Ebola? I always go with erectile dysfunction.

Re:Great

[Chris Burke]

Ebola and an anti-ebola shot juuuuuuuust out of reach.

Ebola

[funkify]

There once was a man from Angola
Who contracted a case of Ebola.
He puked out his guts,
Not excluding his nuts,
Then died as he cried out, "Ricola!"

Re:Netflix Called

[Dexter Herbivore]

Of course, there's no military applications to curing cancer.