Zika
Zika vaccine 'works very well' in mice
Posted in Medicine on 29th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
A single dose of an experimental vaccine can protect mice against the Zika virus, raising renewed hope of a vaccine for humans, say scientists.
A Zika Vaccine is Now Ready for Human Test Subjects
Posted in Science on 21st Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
The drug, which will be tested on a small sampling of human participants, arrives five months after the World Health Organization declared Zika a public health emergency.
Rapid, low-cost detection of Zika virus using paper-based synthetic gene networks
Posted in Science on 7th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
The sample is applied to the sensors, triggering a response that provides visually evident results in as little as an hour.
Zika caught killing brain cells
Posted in Medicine on 7th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
Zika was able to destroy or disrupt the growth of neural progenitor cells, which build the brain and nervous system, in lab tests.
Zika vaccine possible 'within months'
Posted in Science on 5th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
The Zika vaccine in development uses synthesised genetic information from the virus, rather than live virus, to trigger an immune response in the body.