5. Research Into Understanding Microcephaly And Preventing It Is Ongoing
There may be no single test or cure for this condition, but that does not mean there is no research into it. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) conducts research into understanding healthy brain development, as well as disorders and malfunctions of the brain and nervous system that are disease-related. Other institutes and centers also conduct their own research and raise their own funding to do so. Scientists are currently studying genetic patterns and identifying unique genes involved with brain development.
Scientists are also gaining a better understanding of the makeup of this and other human diseases in general, and how differences in development impact the size of limbs, organs, and tissue. Scientists are also drilling down into the molecular and cellular makeup of microcephaly and how best to anticipate and deal with it. It is clear that so much of this condition still has to be understood.