Wisconsin scientists grow critical nerve cells
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... weeks' gestation often have severe neurologic and developmental disabilities, researchers report in the August 10th issue of The New EnglandJournal of Medicine.The EPICure Study Group identified 308 children born at the gestational age of 25 weeks or earlier in the UK and Ireland. Of these, 283 were assessed for ...Researchers urge caution in using ear tube surgery
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...in the development ofDG041, the company's Phase II developmental compound for theprevention of arterial thrombosis. The results of the Phase IIa andclinical pharmacology studies presented today build upon previousfindings demonstrating DG041's profile as an anti-platelet compoundthat deCODE expects will make it po...