News tagged with birth defect
Research finds spontaneous mutations are major cause of congenital heart disease
Every year, thousands of babies are born with severely malformed hearts, disorders known collectively as congenital heart disease. Many of these defects can be repaired though surgery, but researchers don't understand what ...
Cardiology
May 12, 2013 |
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Extra chromosome 21 removed from Down syndrome cell line
(Medical Xpress)—University of Washington scientists have succeeded in removing the extra copy of chromosome 21 in cell cultures derived from a person with Down syndrome, a condition in which the body's ...
Medical research
Nov 09, 2012 |
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Researchers find possible genetic clues to organ development, birth defects (w/ Video)
(Medical Xpress)—Using cutting-edge time-lapse photography, University of Southern California (USC) researchers have discovered clues to the development of the head at the cellular level, which could point scientists to ...
Medical research
Feb 11, 2013 |
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Researchers find clues to common birth defect in gene expression data
Researchers at MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC), The Jackson Laboratory and other institutes have uncovered 27 new candidate genes for congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), a common and often deadly birth defect.
Genetics
Feb 06, 2012 |
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About face: Long-ignored segments of DNA play role in early stages of face development
(Medical Xpress)—The human face is a fantastically intricate thing. The billions of people on the planet have faces that are individually recognizable because each has subtle differences in its folds and ...
Genetics
Oct 22, 2012 |
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Growing up as a neural stem cell: The importance of clinging together and then letting go
Can one feel too attached? Does one need to let go to mature? Neural stem cells have this problem, too.
Neuroscience
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Prdm16: A novel gene important for craniofacial development
In the United States, a baby is born with a facial cleft every hour, of every day of the year! Such birth defects result from both gene mutations and environmental insults. PRDM16 is a transcription factor originally described ...
Medical research
May 02, 2012 |
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Brain cell activity imbalance may account for seizure susceptibility in Angelman syndrome
New research by scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine may have pinpointed an underlying cause of the seizures that affect 90 percent of people with Angelman syndrome (AS), a neurodevelopmental ...
Neuroscience
Jun 06, 2012 |
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Birth defects linked to coal and pesticides
(Medical Xpress) -- According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pregnant mothers who are exposed to pesticides and smoke are as much as four times more likely to give birth ...
Health
Jul 20, 2011 |
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One for you, one for me: Researchers gain new insight into the chromosome separation process
Each time a cell divides -- and it takes millions of cell divisions to create a fully grown human body from a single fertilized cell -- its chromosomes have to be accurately divvied up between both daughter ...
Genetics
Nov 17, 2011 |
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In new study, common drug reverses common effect of Becker muscular dystrophy
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute researchers have found in an initial clinical trial that a drug typically prescribed for erectile dysfunction or pulmonary hypertension restores blood flow to oxygen-starved muscles in patients ...
Medical research
Nov 28, 2012 |
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One-year survival up for critical congenital heart defects
(HealthDay)—For infants with critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs), one-year survival has improved over time, with an increased risk of mortality associated with earlier diagnosis, low birth weight, ...
Pediatrics
Apr 22, 2013 |
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U.S. infant mortality rates finally dropping again: report
(HealthDay)—After five years of leveling off, the U.S. infant mortality rate is finally on the decline again, a new government report shows.
Health
Apr 17, 2013 |
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Air pollutants linked to higher risk of birth defects, researchers find
(Medical Xpress)—Breathing traffic pollution in early pregnancy is linked to a higher risk for certain serious birth defects, according to new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Health
Mar 29, 2013 |
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Study: Blocked ionic channels prevent cellular development, cause birth defects
(Medical Xpress)—The cellular cause of birth defects like cleft palates, missing teeth and problems with fingers and toes has been a tricky puzzle for scientists.
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Sep 11, 2012 |
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