Uncovered: Crucial insight into how Ebola virus evades our immune defenses

June 28th, 2021

EurekAlert!, Other, 25/06/2021
Monash University, Australia, researchers have discovered a key way that one of the world’s deadliest pathogens, Ebola virus, evades the immune system Monash University Monash University, Australia, researchers have discovered a key way that one of the world’s deadliest pathogens, Ebola virus, evades the immune system.The research team, led by Dr Greg Moseley and Dr Angela Harrison from the Monash University Biomedicine Discovery Institute, in collaboration with researchers at the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP, CSIRO) found that Ebola virus can block the function of the STAT3 protein, a critical “messenger”protein that transmits signals within our cells important to regulating host immune and inflammatory responses against infections.