A Nigerian vaccinologist, Simon Agwale, has presented a report of an experimental vaccine for the dreaded Ebola virus disease to a scientific conference in France.

In a statement, Yuri Nakamoto, on behalf of the scientific committee of the conference organised by the Pasteur Institute, Paris, said the report was one of the items discussed at the two-day conference.

The International Conference Targeting Ebola had more than 300 delegates from 42 countries in attendance, Mr. Nakamoto said in the statement.

He said that the agenda of the conference included 140 oral, short and posters communications, latest developments in the Ebola outbreak in Africa, and latest clinical developments.

Others were latest innovations, vaccines and drugs to combat Ebola, and prevention of Ebola contamination and transmission, to be published by the committee.

“Agwale, alongside Epie E. and Pushko P. of Innovative Biotech Ltd, Keffi, Nasarawa State, and Innovative Biotech USA Inc, made a presentation on ‘Construction and Evaluation of a Highly Immunogenic EBOLA Influenza VLP Vaccine Candidate’.

“They prepared and evaluated EBOV VLPs that included GP of EBOV Zaire strain in which VLPs were expressed using recombinant baculovirus in Sf9 cells.

He quoted the researchers as saying that they had developed and evaluated an EBOV candidate vaccine that was highly immunogenic in mice.

“Given the immediate need for an Ebola vaccine and the efficiency, safety and adaptability of our VLP platform technology, we are confident in producing a high yield, high quality product using the most cost effective methodologies available, they said.

The researchers said that the vaccine approach could be used for mass vaccination in Africa to prevent EBOV infections and future epidemics of the deadly disease.

They announced that they were also using their platform technology to develop vaccines against HIV, malaria and other diseases that plaque Africa.

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I hope that the cure will be discovered.

Good news.

Behold the newest epidemic iin Asia http://news.yahoo.com/two-dead-south-korea-mers-yonhap-203816728.html

Interesting!

Agwale, alongside Epie E. and Pushko P. of Innovative Biotech Ltd, Keffi, Nasarawa State, and Innovative Biotech USA Inc, made a presentation on ‘Construction and Evaluation of a Highly Immunogenic EBOLA Influenza VLP Vaccine Candidate’.

“They prepared and evaluated EBOV VLPs that included GP of EBOV Zaire strain in which VLPs were expressed using recombinant baculovirus in Sf9 cells.

He quoted the researchers as saying that they had developed and evaluated an EBOV candidate vaccine that was highly immunogenic in mice.

“Given the immediate need for an Ebola vaccine and the efficiency, safety and adaptability of our VLP platform technology, we are confident in producing a high yield, high quality product using the most cost effective methodologies available, they said.

From the above...this is just at animal/cell test...so it might be decades before we can test it on humans....and it might be decades before we can prove it works to prevent ebola in humans.

Ultimately....good hygiene stops Ebola properly.

Good news though!

If d whites called Africans sleeping giants, that means Nigerians are the GIANTS of d sleeping giants. If we are sleeping and these great things are happening, don't you think we will rule the world if we wake up?

ITS SUNRISE NIGERIA, ITS MORNING NIGERIA, ITS TIME TO WAKE UP THE GIANTS OF AFRICA!!

Ok

Ebola is gone forever though the cure is important

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I should have been invited to present my report on the Nigerian corruption disease known as e Bola Ahmed Thiefnu.bu.

Good

good

Nice one

You just a PAINED TANOID hating on someone's success.... SHIGIDI

Mogidi:
I should have been invited to present my report on the Nigerian corruption disease known as e Bola Ahmed Thiefnu.bu.

Gifted hands!!!

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I Pray It Works Oh..

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Nice one!

A new wave is here to flush away the dirty ones.

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Yes ooo! our head dey there

I pray they don't turn him down

After when? Make them keep it for future purpose

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omoadeleye:
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majidyusuf:
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IamLEGEND1:
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stonemind:
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Space booking is now an offence on nairaland, purnishable by castration! Be warned!

Congratulations and good suxes

Kudos.

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“Agwale, alongside Epie E. and Pushko P. of Innovative Biotech Ltd, Keffi, Nasarawa State, and Innovative Biotech USA Inc

Nice one, yet some slowpokes says nothing good come from the north.... mtcheeeew

God bless Nigeria

Good development

Nice one, breakthrough in medicine. Something good still emanates from Nigeria

I smell money

Well isn't that something?

If effective and approved, it may be useful if the virus resurfaces in the future.

we don't need it