A simple measuring tape could be the key to identifying which children could developneurological and developmental abnormalities from Zika virus exposure during gestation.This is according to an invited commentary published ...
Jul 7, 2020
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Zika virus can hamper vital collagen development in the brains of babies whose mothers were infected with the disease while pregnant, new research reveals, as the search for a vaccine continues.
Jun 25, 2020
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Shortly after the explosion in microcephaly cases caused by Zika virus in Brazil in 2015-16, several scientific studies were published with evidence that the pathogen is capable of crossing the human placenta, the organ that ...
May 21, 2020
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Brain blood vessels are critical networks for maintaining brain functions. These blood vessels control the exchange of nutrients, gases and waste between neuronal cells and the blood. Defects in these blood vessels result ...
May 6, 2020
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A City of Hope scientist is one step closer to discovering what weakens a pathogen that appears to cause babies to be born with abnormally small heads.
Mar 30, 2020
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Between 2015 and 2016, Brazil suffered from an epidemic outbreak of the Zika virus, with infections throughout the country states. Despite the concentration of cases in other regions of Brazil, it was the Northeast that registered ...
Mar 12, 2020
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When brains begin developing, there are a lot of moving parts—and when mutations happen in early neurodevelopment, it can lead to disorders like macrocephaly and autism. But scientists don't know much about the ways that ...
Mar 11, 2020
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Due to Zika virus, more than 1,600 babies were born in Brazil with microcephaly, or abnormally small heads, from September 2015 through April 2016. The epidemic took health professionals by surprise because the virus had ...
Feb 19, 2020
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Astrocytes are neural cells with many important functions in the nervous system. The inflammation of these cells occurs in brain infections and neurodegenerative disorders, a process called astrogliosis. Aware of this fundamental ...
Feb 13, 2020
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Studies regarding the brain damage caused by the Zika virus have revealed the virus' predilection for a certain neural cell: the astrocyte. However, few studies have sought to identify the infection effects on these cells, ...
Jan 27, 2020
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