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Human Pheromones: Fact and Fiction

...ssion. Primer effects often target reproductive or developmental processes, as in the case of chemicals released by honeybee queens to stop ovary development of worker bees. Signaler pheromones provide information, such as an individual’s sex or age. And, scientists are beginning to believe that certain primate...

Ear Fluid Does Not Impair Development

...ent fluid in the middle ear// need not worry about developmental outcomes, suggests a recent study. It is genera...rting ear tubes to remove ear fluid do not improve developmental outcomes up to 9 to 11 years of age. This important study was conducted at Children’s Hospital of Pi...

Molecular Link Between Inflammation and Cancer Discovered

...the presence of too much p100 may overactivate the developmental pathway, resulting in cancer.” In the paper, the...k between inflammation and cancer by targeting the developmental pathway, rather than the inflammation pathway. “Many of the developmental signals that cells use a...

Child Care Centres in Tsunami Hit Indonesia

...CEF aims to provide health care facilities besides developmental activities in this Tsunami hit land. According to UNICEF's Chief of Field Office in Aceh Edouard Beigbeder, these centers strengthen the community based health care system which facilitates a stronger and healthier society resulting in total rehabi...

Yale Child Study Center Receives NIH Grant for Autism Research

...ciplinary research program// on autism and related developmental disorders. The five-year research program focuses on developmental aspects and outcomes for affected patients. The project includes a prospective study on the earliest...

Breast Growth in Boys and Herb Based Products-probable Link, Say Scientists

...nneth Korach, chief of laboratory reproductive and developmental toxicology at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences “This combinatorial activity makes them somewhat unique as endocrine [hormone] disrupters.” Coincidentally, when the boys stopped using these products, their breasts returned to ...

Ceramide Directs Stem Cells in Embryo

.... Longstanding collaborator Dr. Brian G. Condie, developmental neurobiologist at the University of Georgia in Athens, and Dr. Jeane Silva, MCG research coordinator, also are study co-authors. The National Institutes of Health funded the work. Source-Eurekalert PRI...

Environmental Toxicants Target Stem Cells

... Noble. "If this disruption occurs during critical developmental periods, like fetal growth or early childhood, it ...g number of discoveries that indicate that certain developmental syndromes may be the result of disruption in stem cell function. There are tens of thousands of sy...

Cleft Palate in Fetal Mice Prevented by Treating

...oach could be applied to a variety of proteins and developmental processes to create a series of molecular snapshot... beauty of the technique is that it nails down the developmental window for various embryonic events," said Longaker. "We don't need to treat the mother long term, b...

Plastics in Common Household Items May Cause Fertility Defects

...study shows that BPA changes the expression of key developmental genes that form the uterus. Taylor explained that if pregnant women are exposed to the estrogen-like properties found in BPA, it may impact female reproductive tract development and the future fertility of female fetuses the mother is carrying. The...

Pregnant Women Must Eat Fish-experts Warn

...intended consequence of causing harm in a specific developmental domain - verbal development - where protection was originlly intended. "We recorded no evidence to lend support to the warnings of the US advisory that pregnant women should limit their seafood consumption. "In contrast, we noted that children of...

Treat Childhood Trauma by Building on Parental Memories of Loving Care

...c because of the infant’s or child’s behavioral or developmental problems, most mothers also have life histories of trauma and abuse. “Trauma has a very disruptive effect in people’s lives, leading them to be aggressive, to be depressed, to not feel effective in coping with the stresses of daily life, including...

New Gene Linked to Autism Discovered

... common form of childhood neurological disorder or developmental disability. According to co-author Dr. Stephen Scherer, a senior scientist in genetics at Sick Kids, genome-scanning methods were used to test genetic markers for autism and the same procedure followed to find regions in the genome that were linked...

Novel Test Identifies Leukemia Patients Likely to Respond to New Therapy

...was led by Dr. Ari Melnick, assistant professor of developmental & molecular biology and medicine at Einstein, who also developed the new lymphoma therapy. The study appears in the February 20 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Each year more than 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with B...

CMV Vaccine Prototype Successfully Tested in Guinea Pigs

... loss. The infection could potentially cause other developmental disabilities such as autism or attention deficit disorder. The virus can also damage the placenta, leading to pregnancy loss. CMV is present in bodily secretions and is spread through close personal contact, such as kissing or sharing eating utensi...

Mouse Study Suggests Anxiety Disorders Take Root in Infancy

... as adults, he notes. "Assuming that we can equate developmental stages in mice and humans," Snyder reflects, "these findings might be relevant to brain development and the genesis of anxiety in people too." Source-Bio-Bio Technology...

Yale Researchers Named Ellison Foundation Senior Scholars in Aging

...ck, associate professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, and Sandra L. Wolin, professor of cell bi...witches that control development, and “aging” as a developmental process. According to Slack, “Changes in gene expression in aged adults — across many species — do ...

Severe PTSD Damages Children's Brains: Study

...riencing lasting separation and loss. This type of developmental trauma often impairs the child's ability to reach social, emotional and academic milestones. "We'd really like to understand why some children are more resilient than others, and what the long-term effects of extreme stress are," said Carrion, who ...

Triptolide: A Potential Drug for Polycystic Kidney Disease

...iate professor of chemistry, molecular, cellular & developmental biology and pharmacology. “We hope that is about t...advances in chemistry and fundamental processes of developmental biology and health are a research focus for Crews. According to him, a roadblock in the path to TCMs...

Ovarian Cancer May Mimic Fallopian Tube Formation

...ests that ovarian cancer cells form by hijacking a developmental genetic process normally used to form fallopian tubes//. Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Ovarian Cancer Institute discovered that the protein, PAX8, is involved in the development of fallopian tubes and is present in ovarian...

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