Genetics
How a gene called HAND2 may impact the timing of labor
A new study illuminates how a gene called HAND2 may have a hand in the timing of human labor.
Feb 22, 2021
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News tagged with placental mammals
Medical research
New placenta model could reveal how birth defect-causing infections cross from mom to baby
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Magee-Womens Research Institute (MWRI) have devised a cell-based model of the human placenta that could help explain how pathogens that cause birth defects, such as Zika virus, ...
Mar 04, 2016
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Medical research
Discovery of a new family of key mitochondrial proteins for the function and viability of the brain
A team headed by Eduardo Soriano at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) has published a study in Nature Communications describing a new family of six genes whose function regulates the movement and position ...
May 09, 2012
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