Hengli Tang

Zika breakthrough? Scientists claim tapeworm drug could cure deadly virus infection

Nicolsamide, a US Food and Drug Administration approved drug already used to combat parasitic infections by tapeworms, showed no danger to pregnant women in animal studies. 

Aug 30, 2016, 14:15 PM IST

How Zika virus causes fetal brain defects

This Florida State University study is the first major finding that shows that these critical cells are a target of the virus and also negatively affected by it.

Mar 05, 2016, 10:10 AM IST