Tulane University Awarded $3.5M to Study How Killer Immune Cells Prevent Birth Defects
July 26, 2022
July 26, 2022
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 26 (TNSres) -- Tulane University issued the following news release:
Over half the population carries a herpesvirus that doesn't cause any symptoms. It's so common that physicians don't routinely screen for it, not even during pregnancy. But of those individuals who contract the virus during pregnancy, nearly a third transmit it to their developing child where it can cause microcephaly, cerebral palsy, and other developmental disabilities.< . . .
Over half the population carries a herpesvirus that doesn't cause any symptoms. It's so common that physicians don't routinely screen for it, not even during pregnancy. But of those individuals who contract the virus during pregnancy, nearly a third transmit it to their developing child where it can cause microcephaly, cerebral palsy, and other developmental disabilities.< . . .