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Bob Cross
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Virologist🦠🦇🐀🦟Assoc. Prof. @UTMBHEALTH Galveston National Lab-Bench/Field Study of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers & Emerging Viral Diseases-All opinions are mine

https://www.utmb.edu/microbiology/faculty/robert-cross

Working with collaborators at @GileadSciences , we at @UTMB have developed an oral treatment for Sudan ebolavirus, Marburg virus, and most recently Zaire ebolavirus shown effective in nonhuman primates: www.barrons.com/news/ebola-i...
Ebola-infected Monkeys Cured With A Pill, Raising Hopes For Humans: Study
Monkeys infected with Ebola can be cured with a pill, according to a new study out Friday that could pave the way for more practical, affordable treatments in humans.
www.barrons.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Fresh work from our group in collaboration with @GileadSciences in @NatureMedicine demonstrating post exposure protection against Marburg virus in NHPs using oral Obeldesivir. @UTMBProvost @UTMBPresident @utmbhealth with support from @NIAIDNews www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Oral obeldesivir provides postexposure protection against Marburg virus in nonhuman primates - Nature Medicine
The oral drug obeldesivir confers 80% survival when given after lethal Marburg virus exposure in cynomolgus macaques and also delays viral replication and disease onset, suggesting a potential treatme...
www.nature.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Reposted by Bob Cross
When the editor rejects the paper but you choose to interpet it as an agreement to see major revisions
January 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is true giving.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Dec 22
Eight years ago, a budding scientist gave a commercial airline pilot a gift that would link the two for life.

Since then, they'd met in person and linked up on social media. But when she boarded a flight a week ago, she didn't expect to see him.

Then an announcement came over the PA system.
A pilot raced through the airport to surprise an old friend: the woman who saved his life | CNN
When Allie Reimold boarded Flight 2223 in Houston a week ago, she didn’t expect to see the pilot whose life she had saved.
cnn.it
December 23, 2024 at 2:02 PM
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I can't find African Scientists and researchers easily on here. As the second largest continent with 1.3 billion inhabitants our perspectives matter. I'm creating a starterpack to find folks, follow them and amplify them. If you are an African Scientist let me know below so I can add you. Thanks.
November 20, 2024 at 11:08 AM
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Couldn’t find a virology starter pack so here’s one to get the ball rolling. Repost/reply if you are a virologist so I can find and add you to the list!

go.bsky.app/SinqoJU
November 10, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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New paper from Amit Khandhar’s team at HDT Bio demonstrating that our LION/repRNA platform can be thermostabilized by lyophilization, enabling refrigerator stability for at least 1 year!

Clear implications for global access to vaccines based on our technology.

authors.elsevier.com/c/1k6n4cI2-5...
November 17, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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A starter pack for all virologists out there on the blue side ! Might be missing some people but it’s a good start ! go.bsky.app/DmphBCT
November 17, 2024 at 10:05 AM