A Stanford study shows Hsp70 protein inhibitors can protect mice from Zika virus without developing drug resistance, demonstrating their clinical potential.
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Chemists shed light on Zika’s path to infection
New research examines how Zika viruses enter cells and shows that their behavior is different than that of some related viruses.
Keeping Zika out of the nation’s blood supply
When the Zika crisis erupted last year, U.S. blood bank officials began to worry: What if the virus were to infiltrate the blood supply, as …
To battle mosquito-borne disease, SLAC x-ray laser provides new view of insecticides
Mosquitoes continue to spread devastating diseases such as malaria, West Nile virus, dengue fever and Zika virus throughout the world. There are no medications or …
Zika’s effect on developing cranial neural crest cells shown by new Stanford study
By now it is well known that infection by the mosquito-spread Zika virus can cause devastating birth defects. Most notably, affected infants can have abnormally small …
Zika virus poses risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome, Stanford neurologist warns
Zika's effects on pregnant women, quite rightly, have grabbed most media attention. But the virus can also have other serious consequences such as Guillain-Barré syndrome, which …
Zika and reproductive rights: new geographies, similar concerns
As summer inches closer, growing mosquito populations and numbers of vacationers traveling South pose an increased threat of Zika virus transmission inside the continental United …
Countdown to Childx: Talking Zika with a Stanford infectious disease expert
Stanford pediatrician and researcher Desiree LeBeaud, MD, has been quite busy lately. Outside of her clinical and research responsibilities, LaBeaud has been called on extensively …
Zika is just one of many tropical viruses headed our way, says Stanford expert
The Zika virus has gotten a lot of press in recent months. As the suspected culprit for an unusual increase in microcephaly in Brazil's newborns, …
Zika outbreak shares key traits with Ebola crisis, Stanford experts point out
An op-ed co-authored by global-health physician Michele Barry, MD, calls attention today to alarming parallels between the outbreaks of Ebola and Zika. In the Los Angeles …