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World-first investigation on mosquito brains affected by the Zika virus

Zika Virus researcher

Two years back, world was alarmed when women in several Latin American countries had been advised to avoid pregnancies as alarm over thousands of birth defects blamed on the mosquito-borne Zika virus was continued to spread. Deakin neuroengineers led by Associate Professor Asim Bhatti have conducted a world-first investigation into how mosquito brains are affected by the Zika virus, in a study that could crack the code to creating a viable vaccine. http://invenio.deakin.edu.au/deakin-algorithm-decrypts-brain-on-chip-signals/


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By Rehan Alavi

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Two years back, world was alarmed when women in several Latin American countries had been advised to avoid pregnancies as alarm over thousands of birth defects blamed on the mosquito-borne Zika virus was continued to spread. Deakin neuroengineers led by Associate Professor Asim Bhatti have conducted a world-first investigation into how mosquito brains are affected by the Zika virus, in a study that could crack the code to creating a viable vaccine. http://invenio.deakin.edu.au/deakin-algorithm-decrypts-brain-on-chip-signals/



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