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Brain in a Dish Creates New Possibilities for Neuroscience Research

by Michelle Dotzert, PhD

While not quite miniature human brains, organoids enable scientists to study the developing brain

Where Will the World's Next Zika, West Nile, or Dengue Virus Come From?

by University of California - Davis

Mark Your Calendar: All Infectious Diseases Are Seasonal

by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Zika Circulates Among Wild Animals in the Americas

by University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Wild monkeys in the Americas are transmitting the Zika virus to humans via mosquitoes

Well-Known Animal Health Drug Could Stop Outbreaks of Malaria and Zika Virus

by The Scripps Research Institute

Veterinary flea and tick drugs kill mosquitoes and other insects that carry diseases between humans

How Zika Infection Drives Fetal Demise

by Howard Hughes Medical Institute

An interferon cell receptor spurs cell suicide in mouse fetuses infected with Zika virus and could play a role in certain pregnancy complications

New Animal Model for Zika Useful for Testing Vaccines and Treatments

by Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Acute infections in male marmosets, a New World monkey, resemble the human illness the Zika virus creates in people

Antibody Protects against Zika and Dengue, Mouse Study Shows

by Washington University School of Medicine

Treating pregnant women before infection may protect fetuses from Zika

Zika Virus Could Be Used to Treat Brain Cancer Patients, Study Suggests

by Rockefeller University Press

One approach to killing cancer stem cells involves using viruses that specifically target tumor cells

Scientists Develop Improved, Potentially Safer Zika Vaccine

by Arizona State University

Tobacco plant-produced vaccine could also be less costly, targeted for the developing world

Bio-Rad Launches New RT-PCR Assay Kit for Simultaneous Detection of Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya Viruses

by Bio-Rad Laboratories

The ZDC Multiplex RT-PCR Assay (Research Use Only) is a one-step reverse-transcription, real-time PCR assay for the simultaneous detection and quantification of ZIKV, DENV, and CHIKV RNAs

Malaria Drug Protects Fetuses from Zika Infection

by Tamara Bhandari-Washington University in St. Louis News Office

Treatment prevents virus from crossing placenta to infect fetus, mouse study shows

Scientists Find Zika RNA in a Second Mosquito Species

by University of Florida

A UF/IFAS research team collected 20 female and 19 male Aedes albopictus mosquitoes as eggs, raised them to adults and tested the adults for the Zika virus RNA