A research team from Florida State University, Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health discovered existing drug compounds able to stop the Zika virus from replicating in the body — as well as protect fetal brain cells that can lead to birth defects.
The team, comprising FSU Professor of Biological Science Hengli Tang, Johns Hopkins Professors Guo-Li Ming and Hongjun Song and National Institutes of Health scientist Wei Zheng, identified two compound groups that had the potential to be used as Zika treatments.
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