The rare birth defect is associated with the mosquito-borne Zika virus. — -- At the center of the Zika virus crisis is the rise of a dangerous condition called microcephaly. The rare birth defect ...

University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified a potential new treatment for brain cancer by learning from a rare condition that can cause microcephaly ...

An expectant mother stands in her home with her hand on her baby bump in a slum in Recife, the epicenter of Brazil ’s Zika and microcephaly outbreaks. RECIFE, Brazil – As scientists have tried to ...

One year after Brazil’s Zika outbreak began a surge in microcephaly — a rare neurological birth defect that causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads — infants affected by Zika are ...

Chinese scientists have recently found that supplementation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD +) or its precursors can inhibit Zika virus (ZIKV)-induced neuronal death. This discovery suggests ...

When Leah and Travis Wright saw news reports about the spread of the Zika virus in Brazil and the suspected tie to a little-known birth defect, no one had to tell them about the devastation caused by ...

A: When a baby's head is small, there is less room for the brain, which can lead to many problems, said Paul Lee, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola, ...

A baby has been born in New Jersey with birth defects believed to be caused by the Zika virus, news outlets in the state reported Tuesday. If confirmed, it would be the first such case in the ...

Measuring head circumference (also known as occipito-frontal circumference) is a significant part of the proper evaluation of a child’s growth and development, as it represents a direct indication of ...

A new study gives promise for targeting a gene linked to microcephaly in infants as a treatment for medulloblastoma. University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers ...