Study: Zika Can Infect Adult Brain Cells
Study: Zika Can Infect Adult Brain Cells
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/08/18/study-zika-can-infect-adult-brain-cells.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl
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While previous studies seemed to indicate that Zika only affected prenatal human brains, a recent study revealed that the mosquito-borne virus could also have devastating effects on the adult brain. Conducted by researchers from Rockefeller University and La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology and published in Cell Stem Cell, the study on adult mice showed that neural stem cells (which remain in the adult brain) are vulnerable to Zika and the virus can cause potentially long-term neurological impairment or changes in behavior. While fetuses are more suceptible to Zika-related damage because their developing brains are primarily composed of these “neural progenitor” cells, study co-author Joseph Gleeson said the adult brain can be infected in the same way.
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Totally amazing how nature -- the completely natural nature, totally unconnected to the presence of things like bioweapons labs -- just keeps altering those old diseases to make them perfect at lessening the population just in line with all the predictions that show the population falling in the not-so-distant future. I'll bet someone is going to be happy, when we finally get around to a vaccine or something for it.
I wonder if anyone owns patents on this kind of thing. Bah, why would that be important?
Whew, nature is some heady stuff! 
