Sentences with phrase «microcephaly identified»
The MMWR update, co-authored by scientists from CDC and Colombia's ministry of health and national institute of health, offers «preliminary information» about 476 cases of microcephaly identified over the last 11 months.
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The ophthalmic features with unique anatomical characteristics may help to identify CZS in patients born without microcephaly.»
Lahn and his colleagues looked at the abnormal spindle - like microcephaly associated (ASPM) gene, which scientists had previously identified as a key player in brain development.
Even as the Zika virus becomes more prevalent — the Centers for Disease Control reports that the number of U.S. infants born with microcephaly and other birth defects is 20 times over the normal rate — researchers are still trying to fully pin down the identifying consequences of the viral infection.
The approach enabled a wide range of studies of human brain development, including implicating a new class of neural stem cell recently discovered by the lab in the evolutionary expansion of the human brain and identifying how the mosquito - borne Zika virus may contribute to microcephaly in infants infected in utero.
«Likely biological link found between Zika virus, microcephaly: Discovery with lab - grown stem cells could be used to identify potential therapies.»
Contracted through the bite of an infected mosquito or through sexual or other modes of transmission, Zika virus (ZIKV) infection can be prenatally passed from mother to fetus.1 The virus was first identified in the region of the Americas in early 2015, when local transmission was reported in Brazil.2 Six months later, a notable increase in the number of infants with congenital microcephaly was observed in northeast Brazil.3, 4 Clinical, epidemiologic, and laboratory evidence led investigators to conclude that intrauterine ZIKV infection was a cause of microcephaly and serious brain anomalies.5 - 7 However, as with other newly recognized teratogens, these features likely represent a portion of a broader spectrum.
They have identified specific small RNAs from Zika virus that could impact brain development and lead to microcephaly, at least in mice.
The central nervous system damage seen with prenatal ZIKV infection is likely due to direct cellular injury, as ZIKV RNA15, 17,32 and live virus15 have been identified in the brain tissue of infants with microcephaly.
On Wednesday, U.S. health officials reported that traces of the Zika virus had been identified in the tissue of two babies who died in Brazil from microcephaly.