Zika virus-Microcephaly link? New research, the findings, video and some commentary
by Press Release from Outbreak News Today on (#16347)
Working with lab-grown human stem cells, a team of researchers suspect they have discovered how the Zika virus probably causes microcephaly in fetuses. The virus selectively infects cells that form the brain's cortex, or outer layer, making them more likely to die and less likely to divide normally and make new brain cells. The researchers ["]