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14 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has concluded that Zika virus is a cause of microcephaly and other severe foetal brain defects...
5 April 2016 | By Victoria White
The mouse model of Zika mimics aspects of the infection in humans, with high levels of the virus seen in the mouse brain and spinal cord...
1 April 2016 | By Victoria White
Researchers have determined the structure of the Zika virus, revealing insights critical to the development of effective antiviral treatments and vaccines...
30 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Neural stem cells that express AXL, only present during the 2nd trimester of pregnancy, may be linked to how Zika is able to produce cases of microcephaly...
4 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Working with lab-grown human stem cells, a team of researchers suspect they have discovered how the Zika virus probably causes microcephaly in foetuses...
4 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Vaxart’s vaccine platform enables delivery of recombinant vaccines using a convenient room temperature-stable tablet that can be shipped and stored without refrigeration...
17 February 2016 | By Victoria White
In preclinical studies, Inovio's Zika DNA vaccine resulted in seroconversion, or the development of detectable specific antibodies in the blood...
16 February 2016 | By Victoria White
A GlobalData analyst says that while a Zika virus vaccine could be an effective measure in the long term, it remains several years away...
10 February 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer, Drug Target Review
The MRC has launched a £1m rapid response funding initiative to better understand the nature of the risk posed by the Zika virus. Find out about this initiative and NIH's call for research here...
9 February 2016 | By Victoria White
ESCMID experts are developing tools to monitor the spread of Zika and are conducting research to gather more solid data to better assess the risks...
8 February 2016 | By Victoria White
NIH says one of the highest priorities is to establish conclusively what role, if any, Zika virus has played in the marked increase in suspected microcephaly cases...
4 February 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer, Drug Target Review
The Zika virus has taken hold in South America. Its possible link to microcephaly in newborn babies and neurological conditions has led the World Health Organization to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Here we discuss the virus, countermeasures and the race for a vaccine...
28 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The Committee will meet to ascertain whether the outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern...
27 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Universidad de Sucre ran the first tests confirming the presence of Zika virus transmission in Columbia. Now they're looking for ways to control the virus...
25 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The Zika virus is responsible for an unprecedented epidemic currently sweeping through the tropical regions of the Americas...
