FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 16, 2016·5 min readResearchers Genetically Engineer Zika Virus Infectious cDNA CloneResearchers have genetically engineered a clone of the Zika virus strain. They believe the development could expedite research of the disease.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·August 26, 2016·3 min readResearchers Report New Zika ComplicationResearchers have identified a new neurological complication associated with Zika infection.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·August 5, 2016·5 min readVaccine Candidates Protect Against Zika Virus in Rhesus MonkeysResearchers have completes a second round of studies on a promising vaccine for Zika virus.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 3, 2016·4 min readZika Infects and Affects Neural Cells Related to Skull FormationA new study could help explain why children born to mothers infected by Zika are more likely to have microcephaly.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 19, 2016·6 min readZika Virus May Affect Adult Brain CellsA new study reports adult brain cells in areas associated with memory and learning may be vulnerable to the Zika virus.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 11, 2016·3 min readMouse Model of Zika During Pregnancy Shows How Fetuses Become InfectedThe Zika virus migrated from the mother's bloodstream and into the placenta, where it multiplied and spread into the fetal circulation before infecting the brains of fetuses in mouse models of the disease.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·October 6, 2016·6 min readNew Insight into Course and Transmission of ZikaA new study reports Zika may be transmitted both sexually and orally.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 10, 2020·4 min readKnowing more about a virus threat may not satisfy youPeople who rate themselves as highly knowledgeable about new viral infection threats could also be more likely to believe they don't know enough.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurology·April 11, 2016·2 min readZika Virus Reduced Growth and Induces Cell Death in Human MinibrainsResearchers unravel some key features of Zika virus on the developing brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 1, 2016·4 min readFlu Like Symptoms During Pregnancy May Affect Fetal Brain DevelopmentA new study reports babies born to moms who suffered from viral infections, even mild ones, while pregnant are at increased risk of brain abnormalities.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 5, 2017·4 min readZika Virus Could Be Used to Treat Brain Cancer PatientsA new study in the Journal of Experimental Medicine report Zika virus could be used to target and treat glioblastoma brain cancer. Researchers found a mouse adapted strain of Zika slowed tumor growth and extended life span in mice with glioblastoma.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 1, 2016·4 min readStrain Differences in Zika Infection Gene PatternsA new study reveals molecular differences between how the African and Asian strains of Zika virus infect neural progenitor cells.Read More