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Drug targets for Ebola, Dengue, and Zika viruses found in lab study

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No drugs are currently available to treat Ebola, Dengue, or Zika viruses, which infect millions of people every year and result in severe illness, birth defects, and even death. Scientists may finally change that. They identified key ways the three viruses hijack the body’s cells, and they found at least one potential drug that can disrupt this process in human cells.