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Human embryonic stem cells have the potential to develop into eggs and sperm in the laboratory

...ere with human development at this stage and cause congenital abnormalities, infertility and possibly cancer (in particular testicular cancer). By developing suitable tests with embryonic stem cells as they differentiate to germ cells we can investigate the action of these chemicals in the laboratory. "Ultimat...

Fragile US vaccine system needs improvement despite dramatic gains in health over past century

...theria, measles, mumps, pertussis, polio, rubella, congenital rubella syndrome, tetanus, and H. influenzae, type b (in children less than 5 years old), new vaccines in the past 10 years for varicella (chickenpox), hepatitis A, and pneumococcal disease have led to significant reductions in disease in young child...

Determining The Fate Of Cells In The Human Body

... "From a pediatrics perspective -- there are many congenital defects - holes in the heart, cleft pallet, webbed hands -- which are outcomes of inappropriate molecular programs due to miscommunication at the cellular level. If we can understand what is going wrong, we may be able to correct these problems befor...

Researchers Find New Technique To Identify Fetal Genetic Material From Amniotic Fluid

...amniotic fluid to test for hereditary diseases and congenital defects in the fetus). "After extraction from the normally discarded fraction of amniotic fluid, RNA was amplified twice, labeled, and analyzed using gene expression microarrays." The researchers were able to study the expression of developmental tra...

PET/MRI scans may help unravel mechanisms of prenatal drug damage

...rgeries, which are becoming more common to correct congenital malformations, the mother is treated with narcotics for pain--and anesthesiologists are relying on the mother transferring the pain medication to the fetus via the placenta. But we actually do not know if what we give is sufficient to 'satisfy' the p...

How the environment could be damaging men's reproductive health

...iately after birth and therefore the prevalence of congenital cryptorchidism detected in this study may be a bet...eterm delivery, small gestational weight and other congenital abnormalities of the genitalia. An interesting significant risk factor was the father's weight; babi...

UCSD team discovers specialized, rare heart stem cells in newborns

...m five newborn human babies undergoing surgery for congenital heart defects. Study author Sylvia Evans, Ph.D., a member of the UCSD Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM) and professor of pharmacology, and co-first author Alessandra Moretti, Ph.D., IMM member, explained that the cells are programmed to become s...

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