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A researcher in a UCLA Health laboratory.
Microscopic image of a mini brain organoid, showing layered neural tissue and different groups of neural stem cells (in blue, red and magenta) giving rise to neurons (green).
Left to right: Zika virus (green) infects and destroys the formation of neurons (pink) in human stem cell-derived brain organoids. Administration of 25HC blocks Zika infection and preserves neuron formation in the organoids. Reduced brain size and structure in a Zika-infected mouse brain. Administration of 25HC preserves mouse brain size and structure.