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Likely biological link found between Zika virus, microcephaly
2016-03-05 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: 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 say their experiments also suggest these highly-susceptible lab-grown cells could be used to screen for drugs that protect the cells or ease existing infections....
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Google Makes Zika Information More Accessible
2016-03-04 02:06:15| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Google engineers, designers, and data scientists are also currently working with UNICEF to help map the outbreak.
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Google donates $1M to fight Zika
2016-03-04 00:40:56| Biotech - Topix.net
USA TODAY Sports travels across Brazil to find out what action is being taken to combat Zika and its potential heartbreaking complications. This 2006 photo shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito acquiring a blood meal from a human host at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
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RTI International Launching Initiatives in Latin America to Combat Zika
2016-03-03 19:32:59| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
In response to the recent spread of the Zika virus, RTI International is launching of series of initiatives to help world leaders combat this health crisis. RTI is funding four studies in Latin America to better understand the effects of Zika on pregnant women and which trimester a baby is most at risk; the long-term effects of the virus on babies and their families; how drones can be used for vector control activities of Zika-carrying mosquitos; and the public's understanding of the virus and how to prevent it.
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Puerto Rico braces for wave of mosquito-borne Zika virus
2016-03-03 13:13:55| Biotech - Topix.net
In this Feb. 24, 2016 photo, an employee with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tests human blood samples for Zika at the CDC's dengue lab in San Juan, Puerto Rico. One of the CDC's main goals is to test ... .
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