Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that Zika virus infection leads to modifications of both viral and human genetic material. These modifications — ...

A newly developed mouse model may prove to be an effective aid in the development of a Zika vaccine, according to a study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. The mice used in the study lack ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Nemours Children’s Health is announcing the largest ever donation to a single research project at the hospital in Lake Nona. Officials said $7 million has been donated from the Pass It ...

BUFFALO, NY- October 9, 2024 – A new review was published in Oncotarget's Volume 15 on September 30, 2024, entitled, “Zika virus and brain cancer: Can Zika be an effective treatment for brain cancer?

A few months into his postdoctoral research at Baylor College of Medicine in 2021, Rafael Michita made a curious observation. Peering at Zika viruses infiltrating placenta cells under a microscope, he ...

New research in male mice has revealed that Zika virus infection can break down and severely damage the animals' testes. Whether these findings have any bearing on the potential impact of the virus on ...

Infection with Zika virus (ZIKV) in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities, and fetal death. Until now it’s not been clear how the virus manages to cross the placenta, which ...

Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the virus manages to cross the placenta, which nurtures the developing ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Nearly 300 media outlets around the world carried news of the discovery of the Zika virus structure by Purdue’s structural biology team. An event in Hockmeyer Hall of Structural ...

A Wayne State University study published in Nature Communications revealed that Zika virus exposure during pregnancy causes long-term, sex-specific changes to a baby's immune system, particularly ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at Zika virus, an illness spread through mosquito bites that can cause birth defects and other neurological defects. Zika virus is a flavivirus, part of the same family as yellow ...

The mosquito-borne Zika virus hijacks a host protein called ANKLE2 to support its own reproduction. ANKLE2 is involved in brain development in the fetus and because Zika can cross the placenta and ...