Zika, a mosquito-borne virus first identified in 1947 in a Rhesus macaque monkey, continues to perplex scientists in many ways nearly 80 years later. While many people with a Zika virus infection ...

Researchers from Indiana University (IU) and Makerere University in Uganda suggest that high uric acid concentrations ...

A new study of mortality rates among children younger than 5 years old in Brazil shows that children with congenital Zika ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lissencephaly is a spectrum of rare, genetic disorders in which the brain fails to develop its hallmark folds. The disorders are often associated with seizures and intellectual disability and ...