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Anti-Parasitic Drugs Useful in Reducing Damages of Congenital Toxoplasmosis

...eduction in brain and eye damage for children with congenital toxoplasmosis. In the May 15 issue of the journa...itive and motor function,’ the authors wrote. This congenital infection, they added, is ‘preventable and treatable.’ ‘Prior studies had shown that untreated chi...

Are Babies Conceived By Fertility Procedures Safe From Genetic Disorders?

...fertilization or donor insemination who had severe congenital neutropenia (SCN)--a genetic disorder characterized by abnormally low levels of certain white blood cells in the body. Because these white blood cells help fight bacterial infections by destroying invading bacteria, people with SCN are more susceptib...

Gene Therapy May Help Restore Sight In Congenital blindness

...ing blind due to an inherited disease called Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). Susan Semple-Rowland at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, US, who led the study, explained that the chickens with the disease are normally born blind. And she further explained that six out of seven chickens that h...

Shanghai Doctors Clueless About Baby's Deformity

... Centre, one of China's top hospitals for treating congenital deformities, but the doctors were unsure which of his two left arms was his stronger one and when they would be able to operate on him, the Shanghai Daily said. "I have never seen such a patient before," the newspaper quoted Chen Baocheng, director...

Age-Related Sperm DNA Damage

...cts, the popular example being Down syndrome, a congenital anomaly due to an extra chromosome. In the light of all the above information it has become perogatory for a man to plan and start his family at the earliest. ....

Scientist Identify 3 New Cataract Causing Genes

...ies. Talking to reporters, Singh said research on congenital cataract was carried out for 30 years during which...esently, DNA analysis on more than 700 families of congenital cataract is still in progress, he said. Congenital cataract affects three out of every 10,000 newbo...

Indian Scientists Identify Cataract Causing Genes

... stated that this research had been carried out on congenital cataract for the past 30 years. Explaining that ...d that the DNA analysis on many more families with congenital cataract is still in progress. Singh explained that the first breakthrough came in 2001 when two new...

Hunt for Chromosomal Errors Which Cause Genetic Diseases

...ew research may lead to more accurate diagnosis of congenital diseases, including puzzling disorders that lead t...ion. “For years, many children who have multiple congenital problems, such as developmental delays, heart defects and facial abnormalities, have gone undiagnose...

Diabetic women may suffer a complicated pregnancy

...aths shortly after birth (perinatal mortality) and congenital anomalies in babies born to women with type 1 or t... general maternity population. The rate of major congenital anomaly (mainly heart and nervous system defects) was 46 per 1000 births in women with diabetes (48 ...

Dairy Intake Relates With Twins Birth – Research Find

...F levels. Complications like premature delivery, congenital defects and pregnancy-induced hypertension are more deeply associated with multiple gestations rather than with singleton mothers. Since bovine recombinant growth hormone (rBST) is being added to dairy products many cases of twin births may have r...

Seroxat Heart Abnormalities Risk Doubted

...n the non-drug group. "We found that the rate of congenital abnormalities was not increased after using paroxetine in early pregnancy. Women and their physicians should discuss this information and make an informed decision, whether or not to continue with paroxetine during pregnancy," said lead researcher Dr...

Scientists Claim Human Womb Transplants Possible

...of women with Rokitansky syndrome, which is a rare congenital condition that affects one in 5,000 women in which the uterus develops abnormally but the ovaries still function and also offer the chance to conceive naturally to many have suffered from damages caused due to cervical cancer or fibroids. They expl...

'Womb Transplants' are Possible - Research Proved

... Women suffering from Rokitansky syndrome (a rare congenital condition affecting womb) can also be benefited from womb transplants since they are able to produce ovaries naturally. This gives an opportunity for nearly 200 UK women to be paving way to have children naturally. A research report at the annual...

Teeth Reformation could be Possible with Ultrasound Technology

... jaw growth in cases with hemifacial microsomia, a congenital syndrome where one side of the child's jaw or face is underdeveloped compared to the other, normal, side. These patients usually undergo many surgeries to improve their facial appearance. This work on human patients was presented at the World Federat...

Chinese Surgeons Separate Conjoined Twins, One Critical

... and a digestive tract before the surgery and have congenital heart disease, doctors said. Although the operation was successful, the girls still face many challenges to survive, such as the failure of internal organs after the surgery, they said. Seventy doctors and nurses have been taking care of the two gi...

One Of China's Conjoined Twins Dies

...he girls had stopped gaining weight and also had a congenital heart condition. The twins shared a liver, spleen, gall bladder and digestive tract and weighed 16 pounds before the surgery. The girls were born to a farm family and in the photos provided by the hospital looked unusually frail. Reports said the...

'More Trained Medical Professionals In Audiology Needed'

...s, coupled with language deprivation, as a serious congenital problem and need to be rehabilitated and integrated into the society, " he said. There were just over 23 institutes in the country, which trained medical professionals fit to be clinicians and supporting staff for speech and hearing disorders in chi...

Heart disease and strokes connected to a motor protein mechanism

...d pressure, heart valve// or arterial diseases and congenital heart defects, but it can also be sparked by certain viral infections in the bloodstream. In a paper to be published in the July issue of the journal Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, a Rutgers-Newark researcher and his coworkers reveal that...

Complex Surgery Performed on Eight-Month-Old Egyptian Girl

A complex congenital heart surgery was successfully performed on an eight-month-old Egyptian girl at a leading private hospital here.// Ebtisam Ibrahim was initially evaluated by a team of paediatric cardiologists of Frontier Lifeline Hospital and was diagnosed to have...

Gene Therapy Technique for Inherited Heart Problems in The Pipeline

...ardiovascular conditions linked to faulty genes or congenital metabolic diseases, including atherosclerosis, stroke, muscular dystrophy and an enlargement of the heart muscle known as dilated cardiomyopathy. But efforts to begin testing it in people have been slowed by the need to find ways to deliver correct...

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