An experimental therapy using cloned antibodies from Lassa fever survivors was 100 percent effective in stopping the progression of the deadly disease in nonhuman primates up to eight days after infection, according to a new study in Nature Medicine. 

The new Master of Arts in Latin American Studies program focuses on policy issues in Central America.

This week’s News in Review features Tulane University professors Andy Horowitz, David Smilde, Michael Kuczynski and more.

Utilizing a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Middle American Research Institute is following a long-term preservation plan for the Tulane University Ancient Egyptian Collection.

Ferruh Yilmaz, an associate professor in the Tulane School of Liberal Arts, is the author of How the Workers Became Muslims: Immigration, Culture, and Hegemonic Transformation in Europe, and follows the media’s impact on the arrival of Muslim immigrants to Denmark.

Tulane and three other universities will share in a $41.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study ways to lower the cost of drugs for illnesses such as Crohn’s, breast cancer and multiple sclerosis.

Ten K-12 teachers from across the United States recently embarked on a unique experience – learning to teach about Cuba while living there during a two-week program for educators.