A new study has revealed that human antibodies can neutralize the Marburg virus, a close cousin to Ebola virus. These findings should speed development of the first effective treatment and vaccine against these often lethal viruses, in part because it takes the body's immune system four to six weeks to mount an antibody response, and injecting antibodies prior to or in the first few days following exposure could prevent full-blown illness. Previously it was unclear ...
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