Antibodies identified that thwart Zika virus infection

Monday, August 1, 2016 - 13:41 in Health & Medicine

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified antibodies capable of protecting against Zika virus infection, a significant step toward developing a vaccine, better diagnostic tests and possibly new antibody-based therapies. The work, in mice, helps clarify recent research that also identified protective Zika antibodies but lacked important details on how […]

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