UTMB scientists awarded $11.3 million for new studies on Ebola virus

(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have been awarded an $11.3 Million, multi-year grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study immunopathogenesis of Ebola, and in particular to determine why cells infected with Ebola develop " immune system paralysis, " which inhibits immune response, leads to hyperinflammation, and allows the deadly infection to spread. Collaborators are from the Icahn School of Medicine and Cincinatti Children's Hospital.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news