A Possible Link between Pyriproxyfen and Microcephaly

A Possible Link Between Pyriproxyfen and Microcephaly

The Zika virus has been the primary suspect in the large increase in incidence of microcephaly in 2015-6 in Brazil. While evidence for Zika being the cause of some of the cases is strong, its role as the primary cause of the large number of cases in Brazil has not been confirmed. Recently, the disparity between the incidences in different geographic locations has led to questions about the viru...

A Possible Link Between Autoimmunity and Cancer

Racing to Uncover the Link between Zika Virus and Microcephaly.

In this Backstory, Ming, Song, and Tang give a behind-the-scenes account of the collaboration leading to their 2016 paper on Zika virus infection of neural progenitor cells. It was one of the first clues into how ZIKV could be causing birth defects in babies from infected mothers.

Possible Association Between Zika Virus Infection and Microcephaly - Brazil, 2015.

In early 2015, an outbreak of Zika virus, a flavivirus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, was identified in northeast Brazil, an area where dengue virus was also circulating. By September, reports of an increase in the number of infants born with microcephaly in Zika virus-affected areas began to emerge, and Zika virus RNA was identified in the amniotic fluid of two women whose fetuses had been f...

A possible link between insulin glargine and malignancy: the facts

official mouthpiece of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), sounded the alarm in a press release regarding a possible association between the use of insulin glargine and an increased risk for the development of certain malignancies compared to human insulin and other insulin analogs. 1 The evidence for such an increased risk is based on a single study recently conducted in...