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CLEVELAND - Cleveland Clinic researchers have described for the first time how Zika virus (ZIKV) causes one of the most common birth defects associated with prenatal infection, called brain calcification, according to new study findings published in
Nature Microbiology.
The findings may reveal novel strategies to prevent prenatal ZIKV brain calcification and offer important insights into how calcifications form in other congenital infections. Brain calcification has been linked to several developmental defects in infants, including motor disorders, cognitive disability, eye abnormalities, hearing deficits and seizures, so it s important to better understand the mechanisms of how they develop, said Jae Jung, PhD, director of Cleveland Clinic s Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health and lead author on the study. Dr. Jung, who is also chair of the Department of Cancer Biology, joined Cleveland Clinic from the University of Southern California
Cause Of Common Zika Virus Birth Defect Revealed by Colleen Fleiss on January 28, 2021 at 10:32 PM
A new study has identified how Zika virus (ZIKV) causes one of the most common birth defects linked to prenatal infection, called brain calcification, according to new study findings published in Nature Microbiology. Brain calcification has been linked to several developmental defects in infants, including motor disorders, cognitive disability, eye abnormalities, hearing deficits and seizures, so it s important to better understand the mechanisms of how they develop, said Jae Jung, PhD, director of Cleveland Clinic s Global Center for Pathogen Research & Human Health and lead author on the study. Dr. Jung, who is also chair of the Department of Cancer Biology, joined Cleveland Clinic from the University of Southern California in July.
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Cleveland Clinic will invest $300 million in building a Global Center for Pathogen Research and Human Health at its main campus as part of the Cleveland Innovation District announced Monday.
Cleveland will be the home to Ohio’s second “innovation district,” a health-care focused, $565 million job-creation partnership with the city s three major hospitals and Case Western Reserve and Cleveland State universities.
Gov. Mike DeWine said the state expects the Cleveland Innovation District to spark 10,000 new direct jobs, through research and new businesses created or moving to the region along with 10,000 indirect new jobs and about $3 billion in economic impact as a result of the investment.
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CLEVELAND Ohio officials unveiled plans for the Cleveland Innovation District this week.
“The Cleveland Innovation District creates partnerships across different sectors of the economy and positions Ohio as a competitive place to invest in,” said Gov. Mike DeWine.
The project would bring together Northeast Ohio s health care providers and education institutions to create a pathogen research center. DeWine said the program could create 20,000 Ohio jobs over a decade, including 10,000 direct jobs in the health care and IT sectors and 10,000 indirect jobs. DeWine s office estimates the economic impact for Cleveland and Ohio will be $3 billion.