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The approach will address “bottlenecks” that slow the traditional antibody discovery process, and it aims to make it possible to generate monoclonal antibody therapies against any target of interest.

Radiologists have weighed in on a reportedly heated dispute in archeology over whether CT scans show that a mummified ancient Egyptian woman was pregnant.

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The list recognizes both the scientific achievements of individual scientists and “their profound impact on tackling broader societal challenges.”

Crowe and his colleagues have developed cutting-edge technologies to isolate and study antiviral antibodies.

A close cousin of Ebola, the Marburg virus is transmitted by fruit bats and by exposure to body fluids from infected individuals. There currently are no approved treatments for MVD, which has a roughly 50% fatality rate.

The discovery, reported in the journal PLOS Pathogens, could help open the door to the development of effective antibody therapies with an “exceptional breadth of pathogen coverage.”

Developed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, ReVAMPP will support a coordinating center and seven research centers, including VUMC, with a focus on nine virus groups that pose the greatest risk to human health.

Enterovirus D68 has caused an increasing number of infections during the past decade and is associated with acute flaccid myelitis, a polio-like condition that mostly affects children and causes sudden weakness and paralysis.

The antibodies may have clinical benefit as antiviral drugs to treat potentially life-threatening infections in elderly and immunosuppressed patients.