Experimental antibody 'cocktail' protects animals from three deadly Ebola viruses

(US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases) Scientists have developed a combination of monoclonal antibodies that protected animals from all three Ebola viruses that cause human disease. Their work is described in two companion studies published online in Cell Host& Microbe. The antibody 'cocktail,' called MBP134, is the first experimental treatment to protect monkeys against Ebola virus (formerly known as Ebola Zaire), as well as Sudan virus and Bundibugyo virus, and could lead to a broadly effective therapeutic.
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