The thing is, neuroprogenitor cells are really similar to a brain cancer cell called a glioblastoma stem cell.

问题是，神经祖细胞与称为胶质母细胞瘤干细胞的脑癌细胞非常相似。

Our brains aren’t growing, so we don’t produce neuroprogenitor cells, which means there isn’t much for the virus to attack.

我们的大脑没有发育，所以我们不会产生神经祖细胞，这意味着病毒没有多少攻击空间。

Zika is a mosquito-borne virus that’s mostly dangerous because it attacks a developing fetus’s brain — specifically, a type of stem cell called neuroprogenitor cells.

寨卡病毒是一种蚊子传播的病毒，最危险的原因是它会攻击发育中的胎儿大脑——具体来说，是一种称为神经祖细胞的干细胞。