Monkey discovery boosts Zika drug quest: study

Zika is transmitted by the Eades Eagypti mosquito
Zika is transmitted by the Eades Eagypti mosquito

PARIS, France (AFP) – Scientists said Monday they had found a suitable animal model for testing new Zika drugs – a monkey whose offspring suffers brain damage similar to human foetuses exposed to the virus.

One monkey, a pregnant pigtail macaque, was infected with Zika on day 119 of gestation – equivalent to about 28 weeks of a normal 40-week human pregnancy, a team of US-based researchers reported.

While the animal never developed symptoms, the brain of its foetus stopped growing – the first time this was observed in a lab animal, they wrote in the journal Nature Medicine.

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7 Comments

  1. Paul Jumo
    September 16, 2016

    Zika was manufactured in 1947 from the blood of monkeys in Uganda. This was done by the Rockefeller Institute on behalf of the US government. In the same year, the RI patented zika. It has been on sale freely since then. You can get it freely from the ATCC website. It costs about 300 dollars.

    Now why are these dumb ‘scientists’ so excited about research that was already done back in 1947 and showed that zika had nothing to do with giving kids small heads?

  2. Joshua Generation
    September 14, 2016

    Becareful who you let in the country, all them tourism shit they talking about and the scientists who wants to come here there come on a different mission. The depopulation is taking effect now, they poisoned our Mountain Chicken and they’re looking to diminish our Food Supply. Dominicans know that the White man comes to destroy you, some of them are Scientists with an agenda from Multinational co operations.

    • Mama Zalousi
      September 14, 2016

      If more Dominicans were like you Joshua, we all would benefit. Thank you for your true and brave comments. May God bless you!

  3. sweet
    September 13, 2016

    Here comes the Zikaids. Yesah.

  4. Zika the Monkey Virus
    September 13, 2016

    Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!! The must think we are fools!! The ‘virus’ was engineered back in 1947 from the blood of monkeys in Uganda. And guess who did that! The Rockefeller Institute sponsored by the USA. The virus can be purchased by anybody via the ATCC website. Costs around $300 per shot.

    • September 14, 2016

      In order to do this it would involve top of the line scientists, major non government organizations, the governments of several countries, and a host of potential whistle blowers who would want a cut to keep it quiet.

      If you have proof that such activity is currently taking place you are required to give whatever information you have to the authorities. Not to do so could bring a charge involving murder because the zika virus is causing deaths.

      If the zika virus is humanly engineered this possibility must be considered for other viruses along with the claim that zika and some of the others have been aimed at the black populations. If facts exist to prove any of this it would already have triggered a massive world wide investigation. We would certainly be hearing about it. It would be headline news, FBI and CIA material, and a matter of national security.

      Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill. Evangelist.

  5. Girl
    September 12, 2016

    waw

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