Ebola Gain of Function Research – NIH Ebola Research exploring how Ebola spreads

Texas Bio Medical Research Center

This research is funded by two R21 grants #AI151717 and #AI154336 from National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases.

Two new Ebola grants support Ebola research exploring how Ebola spreads in the body with implication for targeted Ebola viral treatments

Dr. Shtanko is also excited to explore a possible alternative mode of spread — tunneling nanotubes, dynamic connections between cells, which allow cells to communicate by exchanging content over relatively long distances (up to 200 microns).

Dr. Shtanko, Ph.D., a Staff Scientist at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed), has received more than $1 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore different aspects of Ebola virus infection. Understanding how cells become infected is critical to identifying and designing therapies that target viral replication and spread in a host.”

https://www.ebolaoutbreakmap.com/listings/ebola-drfauci/

https://statnano.com/news/69305/Trojan-Horses-and-Tunneling-Nanotubes-Ebola-Virus-Research-at-Texas-Biomed-Gets-NIH-Funding-Boost

https://www.txbiomed.org/news-press/news/tunneling-nanotubes-ebola/