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Vaccine guards against Zika in monkey study
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Vaccine guards against Zika in monkey study

Human safety trials are already under way, researchers add. An experimental DNA-based vaccine protected monkeys from infection with the birth defects-causing Zika virus, and it has proceeded to human safety trials...

23 September, 2016
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Research found evidence Zika virus in eyes
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Research found evidence Zika virus in eyes

A new study has found that Zika virus can live in eyes and has identified genetic material from the virus in tears. The study, in mice, helps explain why some Zika patients develop eye disease including a condition...

16 September, 2016
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The fight against Zika can’t wait for a vaccine
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The fight against Zika can’t wait for a vaccine

As Congress plays politics over emergency funds requested months ago, Zika is on the verge of spreading across the United States. When an epidemic is imminent, vaccines can’t be developed quickly enough because assuring...

19 August, 2016
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Targeting mosquito-borne disease with data
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Targeting mosquito-borne disease with data

Abundance of data has created new ways to gather insights All eyes are on Rio as much for Olympic highlights as it is for the unfolding Zika health crisis. But with 42 countries and territories reporting confirmed...

12 August, 2016
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Researchers identify a key weapon of Zika virus
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Researchers identify a key weapon of Zika virus

Scientists at the University of Southern California discovered a key weapon used by the Zika virus to ravage the brains of infected fetuses: proteins. In an article published Thursday in the journal Cell Stem Cell...

12 August, 2016
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