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Zika Virus Tested In Brain Precursor Cells (1 of 2)

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Zika Virus Tested In Brain Precursor Cells (1 of 2)

image: Confocal microscopy of human neural stem cell culture infected with Zika virus (red). Cell nuclei are shown in blue. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the April 14, 2016, online issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by P.P. Garcez at D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and colleagues was titled, "Zika virus impairs growth in human neurospheres and brain organoids." view more 

Credit: Erick Loiola, PhD and Rodrigo Madeiro, PhD - IDOR


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