New Antibody-Based Zika Therapeutic Shows pledge in Monkey Study

Bethesda, MD (Scicasts) —Using blood samples from an individual previously infective by Zika virus, scholars funded by the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious illnesses (NIAID), portion of the National Institutes of Health, have developed an antibody-based Zika therapeutic which prevented monkeys from infection. They identified 3 antibodies which bound to Zika surface proteins, & each neutralized the virus. The investigators then administered a combination of these antibodies to rhesus macaques & exposed the animals to Zika 1 day later. During the 21-day study, all 4 monkeys who received the antibody cocktail showed no virus replication. Publication: Neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies protect Zika contagion in macaques.

Leaders of Congenital Zika programme at Children's National share lessons learned by peers

Still, the Congenital Zika programme at Children's National Health System evaluated 36 ladies & their fetuses from January 2016 out of probably 2017. "The Zika continues to circulate in dozens of nations, from Angola to the United States Virgin Islands. 8:30 a.m. to ten a.m. (PT)"Differential neuronal susceptibility & apoptosis in congenital Zika infection." 9:15 a.m. (PT)Cheng-Ying Ho, M.D., Ph.D.; Heather Ames, M.D., Ph.D.; Ashley Tipton, B.S. "Evaluation of pregnant women, fetuses & infants by Zika exposure & infection: Lessons learned from the Congenital Zika programme at Children's National."

The Zika Grew Deadlier by a Small Mutation, research Suggests

according to The study, by scholars in China, found that strains of Zika by the S139N mutation caused substantially further dying & microcephaly in mice than other strains. "It's potentially important, & it's provocative," said David H. O'Connor, head of universal infectious illnesses at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's primate center, that has tested the Zika in monkeys. Then the team made 7 strains of the Zika virus, each by 1 mutation. In mouse embryos, the S139N mutation caused further severe microcephaly & dead brain cells. Did it confer a survival advantage to the Zika or only incidentally promote the virus's ability to cause microcephaly?

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