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Life and death in the hippocampus: what young neurons need to survive

...al stem cells that give rise to new neurons. Newly born neurons infected with virus were marked by a fluor... enhance learning. "Remarkably, new neurons are born in the hippocampus, a structure whose function is to acquire new information," says Gage. "That sugg...

New egg freezing technique offers hope to hundreds of women

...ught that worldwide less than 150 babies have been born using eggs that have been frozen. Dr Kuwayama, sc...ormed from fresh eggs). Eleven healthy babies were born (nine singletons and one pair of twins), while two pregnancies miscarried. The women were aged betwe...

Chromosomal abnormalities in sperm higher after vasectomy reversal

...are of this problem and monitor carefully children born as a result, particularly if ART was involved. Pr...to normal? Perhaps more importantly, will babies born after vasectomy reversal ?either conceived naturally or by ART ?have problems themselves?" To date ...

UF scientists restore sight to chickens with blinding disease

...gshell to give sight to a type of chicken normally born blind. The finding, reported Tuesday (May 23) in the online journal Public Library of Science-Medicine, proves in principle that a similar treatment can be developed for an incurable form of childhood blindness. "We were able to restore function to...

Nutrition a major factor in rise in twin pregnancies

...rit in the steady increase in the numbers of twins born over the past thirty years was challenged by a scientist speaking at the 22nd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday 21 June 2006. Professor Robert Jansen, Medical Directo...

NASA technology helping injured US troops

... to strengthen his leg muscles." The SAM walker, born by way of NASA's technology transfer program, also gives patients with degenerative conditions like severe arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's Disease, cerebral palsy, and Parkinson's Disease an opportunity to safely extend their mobility. ...

Queensland scientists identify molecule that links both sides of the brain

...al roles in the guidance of nerve fibres and newly born neurons throughout the developing central nervous system. ...

Everything in its place: Researchers identify brain cells used to categorize images

... roles in the categorization process." We are not born with a built-in ability to recognize categories like table, chair, and camera. Instead, most categories such as these are learned through experience. Categories are a cornerstone of complex behavior, because they give meaning to the sights and sounds...

UF scientists discover evolutionary origin of fins, limbs

...loor may not always show it, but people are rarely born with two left feet. We have genes that instruct our arms and legs to grow in the right places and point in the right directions. They also provide for the spaces between our fingers and toes and every other formative detail of our limbs. Evolutiona...

With cochlear implants, earlier use leads to better speech

...e, bye-bye," said one 3 and a half-year old child, born deaf but with a cochlear implant that partially re... of Texas at Dallas. "Ninety percent of children born deaf are born to hearing parents, and these parents know very little about deafness," Nicholas says....

Even fish don't swim well when they're young!

...our parent's arms. Surely, you think, fish must be born as expert swimmers. Actually, fish larvae are pretty feeble when it comes to an efficient mode of swimming called 'burst-and-coast'. Dr Ulrike Müller from Wageningen University studies how fish swim: "Fish larvae are the most critical life history st...

Prenatal nicotine exposure reduces breathing response of newborns...

...happen later in pregnancy and can result in babies born with many health challenges and who struggle to th...d $1,700. In contrast, hospital costs for infants born too soon to too small averaged a startling $77,000. Also in 2003, hospital charges for all infants ...

First link of oral bacteria and preterm birth found in human

...happen later in pregnancy and can result in babies born with many health challenges and who struggle to th...d $1,700. In contrast, hospital costs for infants born too soon to too small averaged a startling $77,000. Also in 2003, hospital charges for all infants ...

US woman gives birth to baby from world's first frozen donor egg bank

...thrilled with their New Year baby girl, Avery Lee, born December 31, 2005, at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. They are the first couple to deliver a baby from the first commercial donor egg bank in the world, which has offices in Lexington, Kentucky and Phoenix, ...

Congenital rubella syndrome nearly eradicated in the US

... than 11,000 fetal deaths and 20,000 infants to be born with congenital rubella syndrome, but a more effec... one of which was in a child whose mother had been born in the U.S. The remarkable success of the immunization program to eliminate rubella is due to joint...

Uncovering sex-change secrets of black sea bass

...y in captivity. "In the wild, black sea bass are born as females and turn into males at around two to five years old," Berlinsky explains. "When you bring them into captivity, they change into males more quickly." Some captive-born fish emerge as males even before reaching adulthood, devoting energy tow...

New study shows benefit of early therapy in HIV-infected infants

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for infants born with HIV infection may be most effective when give...lected over the past 20 years on infected children born to HIV-1 infected women, the investigators concluded that "children who started their most potent AR...

African amphibians make extreme parental sacrifice: The skin off their backs

...ibian that looks something like an earthworm---are born with specialized teeth for peeling and eating skin. Their mothers' skin is specially modified to be particularly nutritious, and the young depend entirely on this food source for perhaps as long as four weeks, Nussbaum said. "This form of post-hatch...

Exposure to volcanic mineral associated with increased mesothelioma incidence in Turkey

...ma occurred in the control village, both in people born outside of the control village. The mortality data were analyzed jointly with Philippe Grandjean, M.D., Ph.D., of the Harvard School of Public Health. When standardized to the world population, the annual incidence of pleural mesothelioma in the two...

Genomics-based vaccine could prevent deadly cattle disease

...chanics of cancer biology. But for Nene, who was born in Kenya and worked at ILRI for 15 years before coming to TIGR in 2001, the march against East Coast fever is significant reward, itself. "This disease takes an enormous toll on the local society and economy of rural areas across eastern and central ...

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