Zika Infects Adult Brain Too

 New research shows that the Zika virus can infect neural stem cells in the adult brain. The Zika virus, which is spread by mosquitoes and causes severe neurodevelopmental defects in infants who become infected by the virus during fetal development, also attacks neural stem cells in the adult brain according to a new study.  The…

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Festering Brain Infection–Piercing the Illusion of Safety

            She was young and wild, a bit of a rebel.  The 22-year-old woman’s body art announced that message as subtly as a billboard on a highway.  No stranger to illegal drugs, she had inhaled or injected the worst of them, including cocaine and heroin.  But recently she had turned a corner.  Last month she…

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