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Brain organoids uncover mechanisms of virus-induced microcephaly
Human brain organoids stained for neural stem cells (magenta) and Zika virus (left, green) och Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (right, green).
Credits: Krenn/CellStemCell/IMBA
A study involving researchers at Karolinska Institutet and IMBA – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences – demonstrates how zika and herpes viruses can lead to brain malformations during early pregnancy. The researchers used 3D models of human brains to study which mechanisms are involved in virus-induced microcephaly, a condition where babies are born with smaller-than-usual heads. The results are published in the journal Cell Stem Cell.