Erica Ollmann Saphire, Scripps Research Institute & Director of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Immunotherapeutic Consortium
Antibodies against Ebola Virus: The Roadmap
Last summer, antibody therapies made headlines when one unpublished cocktail, ZMapp, was offered compassionately to several Ebola virus patients. Saphire will describe the antigenic target of these antibodies, how they function against Ebola virus, and the genesis of a global consortium to develop these therapeutics.