Scientists unlock how Zika virus hijacks our skin to be a "mosquito magnet"
While Zika has been reported in more than 90 countries, surprisingly little is known about what exactly drives Zika ...
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Quick takes: Zika in India, Georgia measles case, UK antibiotic classification update
Researchers from Indiana University (IU) and Makerere University in Uganda suggest that high uric acid concentrations ...
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Young kids with congenital Zika syndrome have 13-fold higher death rate, study finds
A new study of mortality rates among children younger than 5 years old in Brazil shows that children with congenital Zika ...
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The microcephaly-associated transcriptional regulator AUTS2 cooperates with Polycomb complex PRC2 to produce upper-layer neurons in mice
AUTS2 syndrome patients often exhibit microcephaly, yet its etiological mechanism remains unclear. This study reveals that murine AUTS2 promotes H3K27 trimethylation to suppress gene transcription and ...
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Zika Virus Hijacks Protein Important to Brain Development, to Support Viral Replication
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne orthoflavivirus that can cause birth defects, including microcephaly, a condition in which head and brain size are significantly reduced at birth. The ...
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Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Why Zika Virus Hijacks a Protein Needed for Brain Growth
ANKLE2 is involved in brain development in the fetus and because Zika can cross the placenta and enter the fetus, is implicated in the microcephaly birth defect. (Getty Images) The mosquito-borne Zika ...