In the 2011 study, Chandran discovered that Ebola must have a particular protein receptor to bind to in order to take hold. The 2025 study looked at which bat species have this protein receptor ...

The most important next step and an ongoing effort in the field, Maury and Rong agree, is locating the receptor for Ebola on human cells. One has yet to be discovered, but not for lack of trying, said ...

The Ebola virus binded poorly to straw-colored fruit bats' NPC1 receptor. "That really struck me," said Anthony, who helped discover the sixth known ebolavirus strain, Bombali virus. "It became ...

Viral proteins with sugars attached to them are called glycoproteins. Glycoproteins typically bind to receptors on the membrane of a host cell. Viruses that do not bud from the host cell membrane ...