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zika Archive

  • A research team from the U.S., Germany and Singapore, led by The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, has uncovered evidence that parts of the Zika virus closely resemble parts of the host’s own immune system, […]

    Zika virus mimics host’s immune system, triggering hosts body to attack itself

    Posted on February 22, 2018 | No Comments
    A research team from the U.S., Germany and Singapore, led by The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, has uncovered evidence that parts of the Zika virus closely resemble parts of the host’s own immune system, […]

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  • One of the most troubling aspects of Zika virus is the fact that the disease is known to cause severe, sometimes even life-threatening birth defects in infected babies. However, new research—published in PLOS Pathogens—suggests that some mothers […]

    Study suggests naturally-acquired immunity against Zika virus may already occur

    Posted on November 20, 2017 | No Comments
    One of the most troubling aspects of Zika virus is the fact that the disease is known to cause severe, sometimes even life-threatening birth defects in infected babies. However, new research—published in PLOS Pathogens—suggests that some mothers […]

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  • New research on the Zika virus contradicts the theory that high rates of microcephaly and other neural defects seen in the 2015 Brazilian Zika outbreak were due to newly acquired mutations in the virus. In a study […]

    For Zika virus, infecting brains isn’t a new trick

    Posted on November 13, 2017 | No Comments
    New research on the Zika virus contradicts the theory that high rates of microcephaly and other neural defects seen in the 2015 Brazilian Zika outbreak were due to newly acquired mutations in the virus. In a study […]

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  • Discovery may explain how virus is transmitted from pregnant women to their unborn children Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Brazil, report that the Zika virus is transmitted from […]

    Zika virus infects developing brain by first infecting cells meant to defend against It

    Posted on October 30, 2017 | No Comments
    Discovery may explain how virus is transmitted from pregnant women to their unborn children Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Brazil, report that the Zika virus is transmitted from […]

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  • When the Zika virus was first isolated from an Ugandan forest monkey in 1947 and found in mildly ill humans a few years later, it was hardly worth a mention in the annals of human disease. What […]

    Once harmless, the Zika virus became lethal after a single genetic mutation

    Posted on October 23, 2017 | No Comments
    When the Zika virus was first isolated from an Ugandan forest monkey in 1947 and found in mildly ill humans a few years later, it was hardly worth a mention in the annals of human disease. What […]

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  • After a single dose, the developing Zika vaccine completely prevents against infection, transmission from pregnant mother to developing fetus. The vaccine also prevents damage to the male reproductive system. For the first time, a collaborative team led […]

    Potential Zika vaccine protects against pregnancy transmission and testicular damage

    Posted on October 12, 2017 | No Comments
    After a single dose, the developing Zika vaccine completely prevents against infection, transmission from pregnant mother to developing fetus. The vaccine also prevents damage to the male reproductive system. For the first time, a collaborative team led […]

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  • Purdue University researchers Michael Rossmann and Richard Kuhn have been at the forefront of discovery with the help of a technology that recently led to a Nobel Prize in chemistry for three scientists. It’s called cryo-electron microscopy, […]

    Technology that led to the recent Nobel Prize was critical in Purdue’s study of the Zika virus structure

    Posted on October 11, 2017 | No Comments
    Purdue University researchers Michael Rossmann and Richard Kuhn have been at the forefront of discovery with the help of a technology that recently led to a Nobel Prize in chemistry for three scientists. It’s called cryo-electron microscopy, […]

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  • Even as French pharma giant Sanofi has stalled development work on a Zika virus vaccine candidate, India is pushing ahead with two vaccine candidates against the virus that continues to cause havoc across the world, and could […]

    Indian drugmakers push on with development of Zika and Chikungunya vaccines

    Posted on October 11, 2017 | No Comments
    Even as French pharma giant Sanofi has stalled development work on a Zika virus vaccine candidate, India is pushing ahead with two vaccine candidates against the virus that continues to cause havoc across the world, and could […]

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  • A new generation DNA-based Zika vaccine is the first to demonstrate both safety and the ability to elicit an immune response against Zika in humans, according to new research. The phase 1 clinical trial showed for the […]

    DNA-based Zika vaccine found effective at inducing immune response

    Posted on October 6, 2017 | No Comments
    A new generation DNA-based Zika vaccine is the first to demonstrate both safety and the ability to elicit an immune response against Zika in humans, according to new research. The phase 1 clinical trial showed for the […]

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  • A single genetic mutation made the Zika virus far more dangerous by enhancing its ability to kill nerve cells in developing brains, a new study suggests. The small change — which tweaks just one amino acid in […]

    A mutation may explain the sudden rise in birth defects from Zika

    Posted on October 3, 2017 | No Comments
    A single genetic mutation made the Zika virus far more dangerous by enhancing its ability to kill nerve cells in developing brains, a new study suggests. The small change — which tweaks just one amino acid in […]

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