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'Young and their Reproductive Health' - Theme of World Population Day

...o focus on the impact of the growing population on developmental plans and the ensuing overall progress. According to an UN estimate, the world population stood at 6.06 billion in the year 2000. It has however been increasing steadily at the rate of 78 million per year. Statistics predict that there will be betw...

Premature Infants Benefitted by Breast Milk

...st milk in the hospital performed better on mental developmental tests later in life //than did those who were fed only formula. This research has been the first to show the benefits of breast milk for babies born weighing less than 2 pounds, 3 ounces. The results of the study have been published in the July is...

iSTART Brain Model Reveals the possible Cause of Autism

Autism is one of the leading developmental disability. Statistics show that about 1.5 million children and adults suffer from autism. In US there is a 10-17% increase in the disease ratio every year//. Though the disease has been studied widely and its symptoms known to everyone the cause o...

Transgender Experience - A Tool to Analyze Gender Difference By Stanford Scientist

... Barres, MD, PhD, professor of neurobiology and of developmental biology and of neurology and neurological sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine, referring to the gang of male academics and pundits who have attacked women scientists critical of arguments about their alleged biological inferiority....

Gene Mutations Causing Rett Syndrome Occur in Both Sexes

...agnosed as autism, cerebral palsy or non-specified developmental delay caused by a defective regulatory MECP2 gene ...rovides a wide range of services for children with developmental concerns mild to severe, and is home to a team of investigators who are contributing to the understa...

Panel to Help Combat HIV/AIDS In Asia-Pacific Region

... Pacific will conduct an objective analysis of the developmental consequences of AIDS in the region and its medium- and long-term implications on the socio-economic environment. "There are 8.3 million people infected with HIV/AIDS in the region and if this trend goes unchecked, the figure could go up to 20 millio...

Expanded Infant Health Screening

... are either fatal or result in potentially serious developmental disabilities or chronic health conditions if untreated. Screening involves more than blood samples and laboratory testing. A comprehensive public health response includes ensuring infants are referred to and receive specialty care services and more...

Discovery of Agile Molecular Motors Could Aid in Treating Motor Neuron Diseases

...ar motors are associated with specific diseases or developmental defects, so understanding the puzzling aspects of their behavior in detail is necessary for building nanotechnological machines that, for example, could replace defective motors. “The ultimate goal is to find ways to treat motor neuron disease as wel...

Researchers Use Bubbles in Cancer Treatment and Drug Delivery

...ust first be understood in order to translate this developmental technique to the clinic. In traditional embolotherapy techniques, the so-called cork that doctors use to block the blood flow—called an emboli—is solid. For instance, it could be a blood clot or a gel of some kind. A major difficulty with these app...

Researchers Find Fewer Neurons in the Amygdala of Males with Autism

...aral said. “While we have known that autism is a developmental brain disorder, where, how and when the autistic b... Additional research will also help identify the developmental point in time at which the neuron reduction actually occurs, which the current study does not addres...

Nitric Oxide Could Benefit Premature Babies

...timistic that this therapy could prevent long-term developmental and neurological problems in many of these children.” The 793 babies of the study, started to receive nitric oxide gas or a placebo when they were less than 48 hours old. The second study was led by Roberta Ballard of Children’s Hospital of Phila...

Center Launches New International Stem Cell Research Institute

...ter also announced the arrival of renowned Israeli developmental geneticist Nissim Benvenisty, M.D., Ph.D., as the institute’s co-director along with David I. Meyer, Ph.D., vice president of Research and Scientific Affairs at Cedars-Sinai. “This is the time, this is the place, and Cedars-Sinai is ready to fulfil...

Second Alagille Syndrome Gene discovered: More information on kidney disease

...red a second gene that causes Alagille syndrome, a developmental disease with a genetic basis that affects many organs.// This finding may have broader implications in the understanding of kidney disorders. The Children's Hospital team had earlier discovered the first gene associated with this syndrome. The re...

New Findings on Autism Research

...nvolved //in the early- and late-onset form of the developmental disorder in a new study published in the online edition of the journal Molecular Genetics. The study also provides new evidence for the idea that multiple genes contribute to autism, said lead author Gerard Schellenberg, a researcher at the Puget S...

Early Nitric Oxide Treatment Can Help Low Birth Weight Preemies

...re optimistic this therapy could prevent long-term developmental and neurological problems in many of these children. The remarkable effects of protecting against brain injury in these very young and very small babies provide insight into the interrelationship between the lungs and brain development.” Kinsella c...

Marijuana Use Can Compromise Pregnancy

...hy Overall Wells professor of pediatrics, cell and developmental biology and pharmacology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, published his findings in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. The study found that THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, can disrupt the body's finely tuned s...

Skin Cells Make Use of Geographic Co-Ordinates to Reach Their Destination

...ngerprint whorls in others. In 1969, well-known developmental biologist Lewis Wolpert authored a famous treatise that described two possible ways for cells to know where they are in the body: Either they infer their location and adjust their behavior based on interactions with nearby cells, or they deduce their...

Horticultural Therapy Offers Measurable Physical, Mental Benefits

... ? People with physical, mental, psychological or developmental disabilities. Someone who’s suffered a traumatic brain injury and needs to work on motor skills, for example, may be encouraged — as a traditional mode of physical therapy — to try squeezing a soft rubber ball a certain number of times per minute. ...

Cellular System Causing Destruction Of Faulty Proteins In Cystic Fibrosis Identified

...nior author Dr. Douglas Cyr, professor of cell and developmental biology at UNC School of Medicine. "Our research helps define the basic mechanism for CF and identify targets for the development of therapeutics designed to get CFTR into shape and allow it function normally in the lung," Cyr said. The results, p...

MRI Scans in Premature Infants Can Predict Future Developmental Delays

...ts dramatically in predicting// the babies’ future developmental outcomes. Terrie E. Inder, M.D., associate profe...s affected and the severity of the risk for future developmental delays. For example, if a lesion is in the area of the brain that controls fine and gross motor skil...

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