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Dr. Rafael Michita @rafaelmichita.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 Our latest work on #Zika virus is now published in @naturecomms.bsky.social ! Huge thanks to my colleagues in the @mysorekarlab.bsky.social and amazing collaborators at PennState Joyce Jose and Anoop Narayanan. Check it out! 🔬🦠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Zika virus NS1 drives tunneling nanotube formation for mitochondrial transfer and stealth transmission in trophoblasts - Nature Communications

Michita et al. show that Zika virus (ZIKV) NS1 induces tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) in placental cells, which facilitate viral spread and transport of mitochondria in placental cells. Infection with a N...

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