Perhaps you have heard about the ice bucket challenge, a social media campaign from several summers ago. This challenge “dared” people to pour a bucket of ice water over their heads or give money to support ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and pass it on via social media. The inspiration 

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A recent study in the journal Immunity describes the isolation and identification of two monoclonal antibodies that effectively protect against three different Ebola viruses. The research was led by Dr. James E. Crowe, Jr. of Vanderbilt University, whose B Cell Activating Feeder Cell Line, used to generate B cell cultures yielding human monoclonal antibodies, is 

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