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Stem cell research: From molecular physiology to therapeutic applications

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stem cell research promises remedies to many devastating diseases that are currently incurable, ranging from diabetes and Parkinson's disease to paralysis. Totipotent embryonic stem cells have great potential for generating ...


Tiny levels of carbon monoxide damage fetal brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

A UCLA study has discovered that chronic exposure during pregnancy to miniscule levels of carbon monoxide damages the cells of the fetal brain, resulting in permanent impairment. The journal BMC (BioMed Central) Neuroscience publis ...


Study finds a new mechanism for how methamphetamine affects the developing fetal brain

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created Sep 09, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Toronto researchers have discovered a new mechanism in mice that shows how the exposure to the illicit drug methamphetamine (METH) during pregnancy can adversely affect the developing fetal ...





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Specific genetic cause of fetal alcohol-related developmental disorders found

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alcohol consumption by pregnant women hinders brain development in their children by interfering with the genetic processes that control thyroid hormone levels in the fetal brain, a new animal study found.


Alcohol exposure in the womb affects 'teenage' booze behavior

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created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rats whose mothers were fed alcohol during pregnancy are more attracted to the smell of liquor during puberty. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Behavioral and Brain Functions have shown that rats e ...


Autism's origins: Mother's antibody production may affect fetal brain

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created Feb 25, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

The mothers of some autistic children may have made antibodies against their fetuses’ brain tissue during pregnancy that crossed the placenta and caused changes that led to autism, suggests research led by Johns Hopkins Children’s ...


Pregnancy And The Flu: A Link To Schizophrenia

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

When mothers become infected with influenza during their pregnancy, it may increase the risk for schizophrenia in their offspring. Influenza is a very common virus and so there has been substantial concern about this association. ...


Researchers report of a brain and spinal tumor following human fetal stem cell therapy

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created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A case report published in this week's issue of the open-access general medical journal, PLoS Medicine, describes a rare side effect of human fetal stem cell therapy. Ninette Amariglio and Gideon Rechavi from the Sheba Medica ...


Endogenous cannabinoids linked to fetal brain damage imposed by maternal cannabis use

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created May 24, 2007 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A critical step in brain development is governed by endogenous cannabinoids, ‘the brain’s own marijuana’. Studies conducted at Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet, with participation of scientists from Europe ...


Study shows how cocaine impairs fetal brain development

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created Jun 10, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Exposure of the developing brain to cocaine can cause neurological and behavioral abnormalities in babies born to mothers who use the drug during pregnancy. In a study research published in this week's PLoS Medicine, Chun-T ...


Fatty diet during pregnancy makes new cells in fetal brain that cause early onset obesity

Fatty diet during pregnancy makes new cells in fetal brain that cause early onset obesity

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 11, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 1

A study in rats shows that exposure to a high-fat diet during pregnancy produces permanent changes in the offspring's brain that lead to overeating and obesity early in life, according to new research by Rockefeller ...


Researchers find brain cell transplants help repair neural damage

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created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Swiss research team has found that using an animal's own brain cells (autologous transplant) to replace degenerated neurons in select brain areas of donor primates with simulated but asymptomatic Parkinson's disease and ...


Maternal immune response to fetal brain during pregnancy a key factor in some autism

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created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4

New studies in pregnant mice using antibodies against fetal brains made by the mothers of autistic children show that immune cells can cross the placenta and trigger neurobehavioral changes similar to autism in the mouse ...



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