News tagged with amniotic fluid

Scientists make strides toward fixing infant hearts

Researchers at Rice University and Texas Children's Hospital have turned stem cells from amniotic fluid into cells that form blood vessels. Their success offers hope that such stem cells may be used to grow ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic analysis of amniotic fluid shows promise for monitoring fetal development

Researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of focused fetal gene expression analysis of target genes found in amniotic fluid using Standardized NanoArray PCR (SNAP) technology. This analysis could be used to monitor fetal ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Thank mom for your love of garlic

That special method to make spaghetti sauce can certainly come from a mother's influence -- but research shows that mothers have a big impact on their kids' food preferences for certain flavors even before ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find clues to mystery of preterm delivery

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that excessive formation of calcium crystal deposits in the amniotic fluid may be a reason why some pregnant women suffer preterm premature rupture of the membranes (PPROM) ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows pregnant mother's diet impacts infant's sense of smell

A major new study shows that a pregnant mother's diet not only sensitizes the fetus to those smells and flavors, but physically changes the brain directly impacting what the infant eats and drinks in the future.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Reprogrammed amniotic fluid cells can generate all types of body cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- High hopes rest on stem cells: one day, they may be used to treat many diseases. To date, embryos are the main source of these cells, but this raises ethical problems. Scientists at the Max ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 19, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cheap, simple, noninvasive blood test may replace invasive diagnostic techniques in early pregnancy

Researchers in The Netherlands believe they are on the verge of developing a simple, prenatal blood test that would be able to detect accurately chromosomal abnormalities in the developing foetus. At present, the only reliable ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Premature birth and brain damage -- inflammation may play a role

Researchers have gone some way to explaining what happens during premature births and how brain injury develops in premature babies. New findings show that inflammation in both the amniotic fluid and the baby's brain has ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 05, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Good parenting triumphs over prenatal stress

A mother's nurture may provide powerful protection against risks her baby faces in the womb, according to a new article published online today in the journal Biological Psychiatry. The research shows that fetuses exposed to hig ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research shows versatility of amniotic fluid stem cells

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that stem cells found in amniotic fluid meet an important test of potential to become specialized cell types, which suggests they may be useful for treating a wider array of ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Summer heat increases risk of amniotic fluid level deficiency, study reveals

Pregnant women have a higher incidence of insufficient amniotic fluid levels (oligohydramnios) in the summer months due to dehydration, according to a study conducted by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Catheter helps get oxygen to blood when lungs aren't working

When Kelli Justice walked into her baby's room at Kentucky Children's Hospital, it was terrifying.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Better oral hygiene could reduce complications in pregnancy and help newborn babies

Bacteria from a mother's mouth can be transmitted through the blood and amniotic fluid in the womb to her unborn child. This could contribute to the risk of a premature delivery, a low birth-weight baby, premature onset of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Uncultured bacteria found in amniotic fluids of women who experience preterm births

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University and Yale University have made a significant advancement in understanding the cause behind why some pregnant women suffer from inflammations in the inner womb without any signs ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1