Study reveals cause of common Zika virus birth defect

T cells can mount attacks against many SARS-CoV-2 targets -- even on new virus variant

T cells can mount attacks against many SARS-CoV-2 targets--even on new virus variant

Researchers genetically modified mosquitoes to be resistant to Zika virus, preventing transmission to humans. This genetic modification is inheritable, so future generations of the altered mosquitoes would be resistant to Zika virus as well.