How Zika Infection Drives Fetal Demise – Howard Hughes Medical Institute01/05/2018Howard Hughes Medical InstituteHow Zika Infection Drives Fetal DemiseHoward Hughes Medical InstituteScientists have linked infections during pregnancy to stillbirths and birth defects such as microcephaly, where a baby's head is abnormally small. Iwasaki and other researchers have been studying how […]
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Maternal Response to Zika Damages Mouse Fetuses – The Scientist01/05/2018The ScientistMaternal Response to Zika Damages Mouse FetusesThe ScientistMouse fetuses developing in Zika-infected mothers with normal immune signaling showed stunted growth and other abnormalities (right). By contrast, fetuses lacking key immune signaling proteins showed more normal development (left). SCI. IMMUNOL. 3 […]