Peptide successfully exploits Achilles’ heel of Zika virus
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have engineered an antiviral peptide that exploits the Zika virus at its […]
In healthy individuals, the Zika virus causes flu-like symptoms. If a pregnant woman becomes infected, the unborn child can suffer […] A Brazilian study published April 26 in the journal Cancer Research shows for the first time in vivo that Zika […]Zika Virus Research
Zika virus study reveals possible causes of brain pathology
Zika virus eliminates advanced human tumor in central nervous system of rodents: A group of Brazilian researchers confirmed for the 1st time in vivo the efficiency of Zika virus in infecting CNS tumor cells – tests even showed that the resulting viral particles were less harmful than the ones created from infection of healthy cells