UCSD study finds Zika virus infection during pregnancy can stunt neonatal brain development

SAN DIEGO − Zika virus infection in pregnant women can stunt neonatal brain development, leading to babies born with abnormally small heads, a condition known as microcephaly, according to a study recently released.

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, who made the determination recently, published the study in the journal Cell Stem Cell.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention backed up the research, which also shows that inhibiting this mechanism reduces brain cell damage, hinting at a new therapeutic approach to mitigating the effects of prenatal...