Florida State University Researchers Make Zika Virus Breakthrough
Friday, March 4, 2016 - 13:31
in Biology & Nature
Florida State University researchers have made a major breakthrough in the quest to learn whether the Zika virus is linked to birth defects with the discovery that the virus is directly targeting brain development cells and stunting their growth. This is the first major finding by scientists that shows that these critical cells are a target of the virus and also negatively affected by it.