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An antidepressant may protect against Ebola

Zoloft and another drug keep most mice alive after infection with the virus

Ebola virus

UNLIKELY CANDIDATE  The antidepressant drug Zoloft and another approved medication might fight the Ebola virus (shown). 

C. Bickel/Science Translational Medicine

By Nathan Seppa

- More than 2 years ago

The fearsome Ebola virus may itself fall victim to two already approved medications — the antidepressant drug Zoloft and a drug for patients with heart problems.