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'You will give birth in pain': Neanderthals too
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of California at Davis (USA) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Germany) present a virtual reconstruction of a female Neanderthal ...
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Solving the 50-year-old puzzle of thalidomide
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Research into the controversial drug thalidomide reveals that the mechanism through which the drug causes limb defects is the same process which causes it to damage internal organs and other tissues. The article, published ...
Maternal obesity prior to pregnancy associated with birth defects
Aug 06, 2007 |
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Mothers of babies born with some structural birth defects—including missing limbs, malformed hearts and underdeveloped spinal cords—appear more likely to be obese prior to becoming pregnant than mothers whose children are ...
New research explains link between smoking and SIDS
Jan 29, 2008 |
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A new study sheds light on the relationship between women who smoke while pregnant—or are exposed to second-hand smoke—and an increased risk of SIDS to their babies.
Brain malformations significantly associated with preterm birth
Jul 02, 2009 |
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New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine provides for the first time a solid scientific answer for the long-standing question of whether there is an association between preterm birth and brain malformations.
Study Reveals Use of Cleaning Products During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Asthma in Young Children
Aug 06, 2008 |
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Brunel University researcher suggests that chemicals in household cleaning products explains why excessive hygiene is linked to increased asthma and allergies.
Is tap water safe for expectant mothers?
Jun 02, 2008 |
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Drinking water disinfected by chlorine while pregnant may increase the risk of having children with heart problems, cleft palate or major brain defects, according to a study published today in BioMed Central's open access ...
Researchers find explanation for rapid maturation of neurons at birth
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 17, 2009 |
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At the moment a newborn switches from amniotic fluid to breathing air, another profound shift occurs: nerve cells in the brain convert from hyperexcitability to a calm frame against which outside signals can be detected.
'Birth control' for centrioles
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Jan 26, 2009 |
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Like DNA, centrioles need to duplicate only once per cell cycle. Rogers et al. uncover a long-sought mechanism that limits centriole copying, showing that it depends on the timely demolition of a protein that ...
Stem cells may solve mystery of early pregnancy breast cancer protection
Sep 16, 2008 |
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The answer to why an early pregnancy seems to protect against breast cancer could rest with a decrease in stem cells found after animals have given birth, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears ...
Marsupials and humans shared same genetic imprinting 150 million years ago
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Jul 15, 2008 |
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Research published in Nature Genetics by a team of international scientists including the department of zoology at the University of Melbourne, Australia, has established an identical mechanism of genetic imprinting, a proc ...
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