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Widely used antibiotic shows promise for fighting against Zika infections – News-Medical.Net

In 2015, hundreds of children were born with brain deformities resulting from a global outbreak of Zika virus infections.

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Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 24 2020
In 2015, hundreds of children were born with brain deformities resulting from a global outbreak of Zika virus infections. Recently, National Institutes of Health researchers used a variety of advanced drug screening techniques to test out more than 10,000 compounds in search of a cure. To their surprise, they found that the widely used antibiotic methacycline was effective at preventing brain infections and reducing neurological problems associated with…

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