Human brain organoids infected by Zika virus and Herpes Simplex Virus-1 (IMAGE)

IMBA- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Human brain organoids infected by Zika virus and Herpes Simplex Virus-1

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Human Brain Organoids (HBO) stained for the human neural progenitor cell (hNPC) marker Sox1 (magenta) showing infection by Zika virus (left, green) and by Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1, right, in green). These models were used to uncover the mechanisms used by these two viruses to cause microcephaly during pregnancy.

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