Yale team discovers how Zika virus causes fetal brain damage

I choose the article “Yale team discovers how Zika virus causes fetal brain damage” that was published in Biology net news. I became interested in this virus when I first heard about it in the 2016 Rio de janeiro Olympics. I didn't pay to much attention to it at first until I researched the symptoms and why it was threatening. although the article I choose didn't explain the virus in detail I would like to go over acouple details first. The Zika virus is passed by a mosquito by day or night, its name originated from the Zika forrest in Uganda, where it was first isolated, and is know to be popular in South America but has spread sense. Many have reported to not have symptoms while others expierence fever, eye redness and headaches. The virus is not airborne or can it be transmitted by person to person contact,it is most dangerous to pregnant women, because it affects the brain growth in the fetas. The article was about how the virus that diverts a key protein in the fetas affects developing of the brain causing a birth defeat where the brain is abnormally small called microcephaly.The virus kills brain cells in the body and interrupts the process of make new ones,the protein TBK1 who's primary job is to organize cell division in the mitochondria, is affected causing the protein to lack and cells begin to die instead of forming new brain cells. There is already an FDA approved medication called Sofosbuvir that has been very successful in preventing Zika virus infection in the neural stem cells.However, there is no cure or nothing that can be done once the patient is infected, this research is very helpful in hopes to minimize brain damage already caused by the virus and help children born with microcephaly. By Ruth Guerra