Children exposed to Zika virus in the womb may face complex health and developmental problems as they grow older, according to discussions at a National Institutes of Health workshop. A summary of the proceedings, authored ...
Feb 20, 2017
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A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has uncovered the mechanisms that the Zika virus uses to alter brain development. These findings are detailed in Stem Cell Reports.
Feb 17, 2017
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A new study shows how errors in a specific gene can cause growth defects associated with a rare type of dwarfism.
Feb 13, 2017
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Research led by scientists at UC San Francisco and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has used brain "organoids"—tiny 3-D models of human organs that scientists grow in a dish to study disease—to identify ...
Feb 13, 2017
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The most frightening aspect of Zika virus has been its ability to produce severe fetal birth defects during pregnancy, especially microcephaly—a small head.
Feb 6, 2017
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About forty potential vaccines for the Zika virus are being tested, but none are likely to be available for women of childbearing age before 2020, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
Feb 1, 2017
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Surgeons and their patients are finding that virtual reality can relieve the pain and stress of operations – and it's safer and cheaper than sedatives. Jo Marchant travels to a Mexican mountaintop village to visit a clinic ...
Jan 31, 2017
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Why is there a delay between when a pregnant woman is infected with Zika virus and when her fetus shows signs of brain malformations or microcephaly? Why do only a small minority of infants born to infected women appear to ...
Jan 30, 2017
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The Zika virus wreaks havoc in the central nervous system well after the initial stages of pregnancy and can use long axon projections of neurons to spread, a new Yale School of Medicine study suggests.
Jan 27, 2017
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The media response to the recent Zika virus outbreak has been sensationalized and, as a result, governmental responses have been largely misplaced.
Jan 26, 2017
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