Sentences with phrase «human fetuses infected»
The team can not yet say if similar signaling happens in human fetuses infected with Zika.
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Using human fetal «mini-brains» grown in 3 - D cultures, scientists determined that a specific protein produced by the Zika virus changes the properties of neural stem cells in the developing brain of an infected fetus, potentially causing microcephaly in newborns (Ki - Jun Yoon, abstract 103.06, see attached summary).
The researchers tested that idea by infecting newborn mice (which developmentally resemble a human fetus) with different lab - made versions of Zika.