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Study gives more insight into cardiovascular health in early pregnancy
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
According to research, maintaining good cardiovascular health during the first trimester of pregnancy may mitigate the genetic risk of developing preeclampsia and/or gestational hypertension.
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Study gives insight into significance of genetic sequencing to diagnosis
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Brazilian researchers described the case of a nine-year-old boy admitted to the hospital with multiple symptoms and overlapping conditions that made diagnosis difficult, including short stature, thin tooth enamel (dental enamel hypoplasia), moderate mental deficiency, speech delay, asthma, m
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New embryonic cell type that self-destructs to protect developing embryo:
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers looking at early human embryo gene activity data have uncovered a previously unknown type of cell that self-destructs days after formation as a quality control measure to safeguard the growing baby. The research provides new information on what occurs in the very early stages of
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Abnormalities in neurodevelopment can lay foundations for Alzheimer's dise
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Neurogenesis, or the development of neural cells from stem cells, begins in the foetus at 5 weeks gestation and is nearly complete by 28 weeks. It is a complicated process with intricate processes.
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Genes expressed in brain before birth can affect risk of childhood mental
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered a number of genes whose expression in the brain before birth may influence the risk of developing a variety of mental diseases during childhood. The team, led by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a founding member of Mass General Brigham (MGB)
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Facial changes in Down Syndrome have genetic basis: Research
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute, King's College London, and University College London shed insight on the genetics underlying alterations in the structure and appearance of the face and skull in a Down Syndrome mouse model.
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Facial changes in Down Syndrome have genetic basis, says study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Francis Crick Institute, King's College London, and University College London researchers shed light on the genetics underpinning changes in the structure and form of the face and skull in a mouse model of Down Syndrome.
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