Researchers discovered that Zika virus constructs nanotubes to transport infection across the placental barrier undetected.

The Zika virus builds tiny tunnels, called tunneling nanotubes, to stealthily transport material needed to infect nearby ...

Researchers now report a strategy Zika virus uses to covertly spread in placental cells, raising little alarm in the immune system. Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine with collaborators at Pennsylvania State University report in Nature Communications a strategy Zika virus uses to covertly spread in placental cells ...

A mum whose friend's death from leukaemia prompted her to bank stem cells from her newborn's umbilical cord has described it as a "back-up" which has brought her reassurance. Natalie Harrop, 40, from ...

Researchers have developed an advanced model that facilitates the study of drug metabolism during pregnancy by ...

US researchers have uncovered how the Zika virus stealthily spreads within placental cells, disrupting the immune system and leading to fetal death. The study, conducted by Baylor College of ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine with collaborators at Pennsylvania State University report in Nature Communications a strategy Zika virus uses to covertly spread in placental cells, raising ...

"I ended up having an emergency caesarean, but whether you have a good birth or a bad birth you can still collect the cells, it doesn't really matter," said Ms Harrop. The cord and placenta cells ...

Most people exposed to the parasites behind babesiosis don't get sick, but for others, the infection can be deadly.