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Entertainment calendar — Published May 23, 2013 – Stockton Record


Entertainment calendar — Published May 23, 2013
Stockton Record
Great American Music Hall: Bobby Joe Ebola and The Children MacNuggits, 8 p.m. today; Twin Shadow, Elliphant, 9 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; Lissie, 8 p.m. Wed. 859 O'Farrell St. S.F. (415) 885-0750. Regency Ballroom: Cold War Kids, Superhumanoids, 8 p.m. today.

Posted on 23 May 2013 | 7:13 am

Inovio Pharmaceuticals DNA Vaccine Against Ebola and Marburg Filoviruses … – PR Newswire (press release)


Inovio Pharmaceuticals DNA Vaccine Against Ebola and Marburg Filoviruses
PR Newswire (press release)
BLUE BELL, Pa., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: INO) announced today that in a preclinical study of Inovio's SynCon® DNA vaccine against Ebola and Marburg filoviruses, labeled "Category A" bioterrorism agents by

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Posted on 14 May 2013 | 1:17 pm

New Research Could Mean New Drugs for Ebola Virus – Ivanhoe


New Research Could Mean New Drugs for Ebola Virus
Ivanhoe
(Ivanhoe Newswire) – The Ebola virus kills up to 90 percent of those infected and there are no approved effective therapies, but researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have revealed how the most abundant protein that makes up the

Posted on 10 May 2013 | 4:05 am

Tekmira is on Track to Advance TKM-Ebola Program – Zacks.com


Tekmira is on Track to Advance TKM-Ebola Program
Zacks.com
Ebola is a virus, which, for many years, has been associated with periodic outbreaks ofhemorrhagic feverin human populations with mortality rates reaching 90%. Currently there are no approved treatments for Ebola or other hemorrhagic fever viruses.

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Posted on 9 May 2013 | 12:36 pm

Tekmira Provides Update on U.S. Government Sponsored TKM-Ebola Program – GlobeNewswire (press release)


Tekmira Provides Update on U.S. Government Sponsored TKM-Ebola Program
GlobeNewswire (press release)
TKM-Ebola, an anti-Ebola viral therapeutic, is being developed under a contract with the U.S. DoD's Joint Project Manager Transformational Medical Technologies (JPM-TMT) Office with a total contract value of approximately $140 million. "We are pleased
Tekmira (TKMR) says the Department of Defense has increased funding for the Seeking Alpha

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Posted on 8 May 2013 | 12:17 pm

New Insights Into Ebola Infection Pave the Way for Much-Needed Therapies – Science Daily (press release)


Medical Daily

New Insights Into Ebola Infection Pave the Way for Much-Needed Therapies
Science Daily (press release)
May 7, 2013 — The Ebola virus is among the deadliest viruses on the planet, killing up to 90% of those infected, and there are no approved vaccines or effective therapies. A study published by Cell Press on May 7th in the Biophysical Journal reveals
Ebola Virus Drug In Reach, Scientists Target Protein That Spurs Deadly InfectionMedical Daily

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Posted on 7 May 2013 | 6:56 pm

The fight back against Ebola – DigitalJournal.com


DigitalJournal.com

The fight back against Ebola
DigitalJournal.com
The researchers made their discovery using a specially developed a clone of the Ebola Zaire virus strain. The use of this strain required the laboratory staff to work in a specially protected area to avoid risk of infection (a biohazard category 4 zone

Posted on 6 May 2013 | 11:34 pm

What Makes Ebola So Deadly? – Popular Science


Popular Science

What Makes Ebola So Deadly?
Popular Science
There are Ebola outbreaks every couple of years—sometimes more than once a year—in central and west Africa. Up to 90 percent of those who get sick from the Ebola virus die, according to the World Health Organization. Those who get sick may get fluids
Researchers at UTMB make breakthrough in Ebola researchDaily News – Galveston County

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Posted on 3 May 2013 | 6:03 pm

Ebola’s Secret Weapon Revealed – Science Daily (press release)


Ebola's Secret Weapon Revealed
Science Daily (press release)
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston scientists determined that Ebola short-circuits the immune system using proteins that work together to shut down cellular signaling related to interferon. Disruption of this activity, the researchers

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Posted on 3 May 2013 | 12:12 am

New Species Jump in Ebola-Reston Outbreak – Pacific Standard (blog)


New Species Jump in Ebola-Reston Outbreak
Pacific Standard (blog)
In December, we reported that a first-ever outbreak of Ebola-Reston in swine was identified on farms 25 miles north of Philippines capital of Manila. While the virus has been reported in Philippine monkeys and has been previously transmitted to human

Posted on 25 April 2013 | 11:54 am

Ebola – Yahoo! News Search Results

Tekmira Presents LNP Technology Innovations at Scientific Symposium

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation , a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, announced that data demonstrating its ongoing lipid nanoparticle (LNP) …

Posted on 15 May 2013 | 8:15 pm

Inovio Pharmaceuticals DNA Vaccine Against Ebola and Marburg Filoviruses Provides Complete Protection in Preclinical …

BLUE BELL, Pa., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: INO) announced today that in a preclinical study of Inovio's SynCon ® DNA vaccine against Ebola and Marburg filoviruses, …

Posted on 14 May 2013 | 1:16 pm

Tekmira is on Track to Advance TKM-Ebola Program

By Grant Zeng, CFA Tekmira Provides Update on U.S. Government Sponsored TKM-Ebola Program On May 8, 2013, Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Nasdaq-small: TKMR ) announced that its contract with the …

Posted on 9 May 2013 | 11:00 am

Tekmira Gets DoD Green Light to Test Improved Ebola Drug Formulation

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Posted on 8 May 2013 | 1:18 pm

Tekmira Provides Update on U.S. Government Sponsored TKM-Ebola Program

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation , a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today announced that its contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) …

Posted on 8 May 2013 | 12:00 pm

New insights into Ebola infection pave the way for much-needed therapies

The Ebola virus is among the deadliest viruses on the planet, killing up to 90 percent of those infected. A new study reveals how the most abundant protein making up the Ebola virus — viral protein 40 — allows the virus to leave host cells and spread infection to other cells throughout the human body. The findings could lay the foundation for the development of new drugs and strategies for …

Posted on 7 May 2013 | 7:13 pm

Ebola bug's secret mechanism revealed

Houston, May 3 (IANS) Scientists have shed light on the deadly Ebola virus's mechanism of disrupting the immune system of patients, says a study.

Posted on 3 May 2013 | 7:31 am

Researchers reveal how Ebola evades human immune response

Researchers have discovered the mechanism behind one of the Ebola virus' most dangerous attributes: its ability to disarm the adaptive immune system.

Posted on 3 May 2013 | 6:21 am

How Ebola virus evades human immune response

Washington, May 3 (ANI): Researchers have discovered the mechanism used by the Ebola virus to disarm the adaptive immune system.

Posted on 3 May 2013 | 4:30 am

Ebola's secret weapon revealed

Researchers have discovered the mechanism behind one of the Ebola virus' most dangerous attributes: its ability to disarm the adaptive immune system.

Posted on 3 May 2013 | 12:36 am