How Zika infects the growing brain

1.0Harvard Gazettehttps://news.harvard.edu/gazettegazettejohnbaglionehttps://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/author/gazettejohnbaglione/How Zika infects the growing brain — Harvard Gazetterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="wy4HuSnvxW"><a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/12/how-zika-infects-the-growing-brain/">How Zika infects the growing brain</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/12/how-zika-infects-the-growing-brain/embed/#?secret=wy4HuSnvxW" width="600" height="338" title="“How Zika infects the growing brain” — Harvard Gazette" data-secret="wy4HuSnvxW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://news.harvard.edu/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/zika-virus_caption_605.jpg605403Studies have suggested that the Zika virus enters neural progenitor cells by grabbing onto a specific protein called AXL on the cell surface. Now, scientists at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and Novartis have shown that this is not the only route of infection. The scientists demonstrated that Zika infected neural progenitor cells even when the cells did not produce the AXL protein.