Sentences with phrase «infect placental cells»
The researchers are beginning to use their model to test whether Zika virus, and other pathogens associated with congenital disease, can infect placental cells and / or cross the placental barrier.
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Human placental cell line Jeg - 3 can be readily infected by a circulating strain of Zika virus (left panel) and completely protected by treatment with nanchangmycin (right panel).
They've also researched exactly which cellular and molecular mechanisms Zika uses to get across the placental barrier and then to infect fetal cells.