Genetics
Genes that form specific bones in the womb heal them later in life, finds study
Genes long known to control the formation of bones before birth also control bone healing later in life, a new study found.
Mar 20, 2023
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Development
Neuroscience
Exploring the brain's 'magnificent wiring'
For a functioning brain to develop from its embryonic beginnings, so much has to happen and go exactly right with exquisite precision, according to a just-so sequence in space and time. It's like starting with a brick that ...
Mar 15, 2023
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Genetics
Iron and the brain: Where and when neurodevelopmental disabilities may begin during pregnancy
The cells that make up the human brain begin developing long before the physical shape of the brain has formed. This early organizing of a network of cells plays a major role in brain health throughout the course of a lifetime. ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Genetics
New strategy lengthens limbs to treat skeletal disorder
Robinow Syndrome is the best known of a set of genetic disorders that affect the growth and development of the skeletal system. Patients with these conditions have facial abnormalities, such as cleft palate, and develop short-limb ...
Feb 15, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Mini-placentas: Promising tools for studying early pregnancy and its complications
Despite its crucial role in healthy pregnancies, the placenta is one of the least understood organs in the human body. In a new study, Margherita Yayoi Turco and her colleagues compared the two main experimental models of ...
Nov 8, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New insights into kidney disease using tropical frog models
Using cutting-edge genetic engineering, UZH researchers have developed a model to study hereditary kidney disease with the help of tropical frogs. The method allows them to collect large amounts of data on anomalies, which ...
Nov 5, 2021
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Medical research
Cannabis causes birth defects in susceptible mice
A chemical found in cannabis, a common recreational drug, has now been shown to cause birth defects in mice. Scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai show that the psychoactive component of cannabis (THC) ...
Oct 5, 2021
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Neuroscience
Study detects origins of Huntington's disease in two-week-old human embryos
Huntington's disease is a fatal condition involving the death of brain cells, typically striking in midlife. But new findings suggest the disease process starts decades earlier. Although symptoms emerge in adulthood, researchers ...
Oct 5, 2021
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Vaccination
Australia could become voice for global vaccine equality
An expert from The Australian National University (ANU) is urging Australia to support international calls at the World Trade Organization for pharmaceutical giants to not only waive intellectual property protections for ...
Jul 9, 2021
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Extracellular matrix guides growth and function of epithelial cells
Scientists at the University of Helsinki have found an essential factor from the extracellular matrix that regulates the functionality of breast tissue.
Jul 1, 2021
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