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Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Many of 2 billion dryland dwellers at risk as land degrades

...d coral reefs in the Caribbean." The report shows infant mortality in drylands in developing countries averages about 54 children per 1,000 live births, 10 times that of industrial countries. Importantly, the rate in such drylands is twice as high as that of other, non-dryland regions in developing countri...

OHSU research shows vitamin C counteracts some negative impacts of smoking on unborn babies

...these changes, many of the specific mechanisms for infant lung development problems remain unknown. However,...this research, scientists studied a small group of infant monkeys born to mothers who received regular doses of nicotine -- doses comparable to those of a smo...

Newly discovered genetic disease sheds light on body's water balance

Two infant boys whose bodies were overloaded with excess flui...disruption in water balance. They found that each infant has a different mutation in a specific gene, AVPR2, that encodes the V2 receptor (V2R) for vasopress...

Alcohol consumption disrupts breastfeeding hormones

...after she stops drinking to breastfeed so that her infant is not exposed to the alcohol in her milk. However, she needs to be aware that the hormones underlying lactation and her milk production will be affected in the short term." ### ABOUT MONELL: The Monell Chemical Senses Center is a nonprofit basic r...

Genetic therapy reverses nervous system damage in animal model of inherited human disease

...ain of the cat is much closer in size to the human infant brain compared to mice. Thus we think that it may be possible to achieve similar results in humans with as few as 20 to 30 injections in each of the two hemispheres of the brain," Wolfe said. "We believe, however, we can further limit the number of i...

Drug That 'Tags' Decision-making Areas Of The Brain May Aid

... of neurons to mediatecomplex behaviors such as an infant learning to recognize his or herparents, a senior citizen learning to play piano, or the process ofaddiction following repetitive exposure to specific drugs. Thesebehaviors all result from the formation of new connections betweenindividual neurons or...

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