News tagged with brain defects
Therapeutically useful stem cell derivatives in need of stability
Human stem cells capable of giving rise to any fetal or adult cell type are known as pluripotent stem cells. It is hoped that such cells, the most well known being human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), can be used to generate ...
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Scientists discover a brain cell malfunction in schizophrenia
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered that DNA stays too tightly wound in certain brain cells of schizophrenic subjects.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 28, 2011 |
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No surgery for now on two-headed baby in Brazil: doctors
Doctors in Brazil said Thursday they have decided for now not to attempt to surgically separate a set of conjoined twins who have two heads but share one body and various vital organs.
Dec 22, 2011 |
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Brain and heart link may explain sudden death in Rett
Poets might scoff at the notion that heart and brain are closely related, but scientists led by those at Baylor College of Medicine (www.bcm.edu) say a genetic defect that affects the brain can stop a heart.
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Rural mothers-to-be in China lack syphilis testing
(AP) -- Nearly half of pregnant women do not get tested for syphilis in poor areas of southern China where the sexually transmitted disease has seen a resurgence, researchers said Wednesday.
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Common form of autism recreated in a new mouse model
Over the past decade, new technologies have revealed that autism spectrum disorder has a substantial genetic component. But determining exactly which genes are involved has been like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack.
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Study discovers new genes for rare inherited diseases
An international team of researchers has identified two new genes connected with hereditary renal diseases.
Sep 06, 2011 |
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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 ...
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Fortifying corn masa flour with folic acid could prevent birth defects, March of Dimes says
Fortifying corn masa flour with the B vitamin folic acid could prevent more serious birth defects of the brain and spine in the Hispanic community, according to a March of Dimes commentary published in the American Journal of ...
Jun 16, 2011 |
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New gene that causes intellectual disability discovered
A new study involving Canada's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has found a gene connected with a type of intellectual disability called Joubert syndrome.
May 12, 2011 |
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Hope for children with rare genetic defect
To date, there is no therapy for Batten disease. Patients pass away in their teens or twenties. Four years ago, the working group lead by Dr. Mika Ruonala at Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany started to ...
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Shear brain power - sheep smarter than previously believed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that sheep are more intelligent than previously believed.
Feb 21, 2011 |
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People with common heart defect also more likely to have brain aneurysms
A new study shows that people with a common heart defect may also be more likely to have brain aneurysms. The study is published in the May 4, 2010, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neu ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 03, 2010 |
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New treatment cures baby of often-fatal metabolic disorder
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicians at Packard Children's Hospital believe they are the first to cure an infant of a serious disorder using prenatal infusions followed by liver transplant after his birth.
Apr 26, 2010 |
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New clue why autistic people don't want hugs
Why do people with fragile X syndrome, a genetic defect that is the best-known cause of autism and inherited mental retardation, recoil from hugs and physical touch - even from their parents?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 11, 2010 |
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