Scripps Florida Scientists Find Clue to Why Zika, but Not Its Close Relatives, Causes Birth Defects
Scripps Research InstituteScientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have uncovered the details behind the virus’s unique ability to cross the placental barrier and expose the fetus to a range of birth defects that often go beyond microcephaly to include eye and joint injury, and even other types of brain damage.