The decision is based not on one single piece of conclusive evidence, but rather a growing body of research. A report on the CDC’s decision was published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The ...

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Mutations in the ASPM gene are the most common cause of primary hereditary microcephaly in humans, a condition characterized by a severely reduced brain size. While ASPM has been studied in rodents ...

“These papers are the link that was missing,” Shannan Rossi of the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), who was not involved in the studies, told The Scientist. “Up until this point, there was ...

An overview of Kif23's involvement in embryonic brain development, highlighting how its deficiency disrupts cell division and potentially contribute to microcephaly. "It's difficult to say exactly ...

And here everyone thought the issue with what caused the rise in birth defects in women infected with the Zika virus was settled. We had scientists from Brazil and later, the Centers for Disease ...

Here are four things to know: 1. In the report, CDC officials detailed a wealth of evidence proving Zika causes the birth defect. 2. The World Health Organization declared the microcephaly epidemic an ...

"These babies do not catch up as they grow," says Dr. Antonio Augusto Moura da Silva of the Federal University of Maranhao, Sao Luis, Brazil. He's describing the findings from a study of 48 babies ...

Chicago: After several weeks of study and debate, U.S. health officials concluded that infection with the Zika virus during pregnancy causes the birth defect microcephaly, a finding that experts hope ...

It's never been clear to me if this is microcephaly or severe microcephaly (and I understand that's the distinction). Having undead motherfuckers going at nascent neural cells like Carnival Cruise ...