A professor at Christian’s school, Arizona State University, has been in the news because his research allowed the development of a drug to combat Ebola. Here and here are a couple of articles about what he did. There is no cure for Ebola, but all indications are that the first human patients given the drug, two Americans in Liberia, are improving. The concept is fascinating.
About the drug, Dr. Arntzen said, “Each antibody has the ability to bond to an Ebola virus and inactivate it. Once you get an antibody stuck to a virus, your body recognizes it and stops the virus from doing any more damage.”
This is just another feather in Arizona State’s cap in its current rise up the ranks of world class research universities.
Betty Blonde #145 – 02/04/2009
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