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Tag: DEVELOPMENTAL/REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
New research seeks to improve safety equipment for pregnant women
UBC Okanagan engineer says not all body types are taken into account
Australian and US team discover new human autoinflammatory disease
Scientists from Australia and the US have discovered and identified the genetic cause of a previously unknown human autoinflammatory disease. The researchers determined that the autoinflammatory disease, which they termed CRIA (cleavage-resistant RIPK1-induced autoinflammatory) syndrome, is caused by a mutation…
Single-cell analysis of the earliest cell fate decisions in development
Multi-omics analysis of the process establishing the mammalian body plan
Study to help manage shark populations in Pacific Panama
Sharks play a critical role in keeping oceans healthy, balancing the food chain and ensuring species diversity. However, the demand for shark derivatives has led to their exploitation, often without appropriate management strategies in place. In an assessment of Pacific…
Importance of breastfeeding in preventing diabetes reaffirmed in rat study
New research published today in the Journal of Physiology shows that breastfeeding is crucial in preventing diabetes. The World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding as the sole source of nutrition for infants until six months of age, as this helps reduce…
Deciphering the equations of life
A new theory describes what all animals have in common and allows predictions for organisms that might not be well understood by science.
New research seeks to improve safety equipment for pregnant women
UBC Okanagan engineer says not all body types are taken into account
Australian and US team discover new human autoinflammatory disease
Scientists from Australia and the US have discovered and identified the genetic cause of a previously unknown human autoinflammatory disease. The researchers determined that the autoinflammatory disease, which they termed CRIA (cleavage-resistant RIPK1-induced autoinflammatory) syndrome, is caused by a mutation…
Study to help manage shark populations in Pacific Panama
Sharks play a critical role in keeping oceans healthy, balancing the food chain and ensuring species diversity. However, the demand for shark derivatives has led to their exploitation, often without appropriate management strategies in place. In an assessment of Pacific…
Importance of breastfeeding in preventing diabetes reaffirmed in rat study
New research published today in the Journal of Physiology shows that breastfeeding is crucial in preventing diabetes. The World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding as the sole source of nutrition for infants until six months of age, as this helps reduce…
Predicting a protein’s behavior from its appearance
Proteins are the building blocks of life and play a key role in all biological processes. Understanding how they interact with their environment is therefore vital to developing effective therapeutics and the foundation for designing artificial cells. Researchers at the…
Predicting a protein’s behavior from its appearance
Proteins are the building blocks of life and play a key role in all biological processes. Understanding how they interact with their environment is therefore vital to developing effective therapeutics and the foundation for designing artificial cells. Researchers at the…
Corals survive to tell the tale of Earth’s newest island eruption
Scientists say coral reefs on a tiny island in the South Pacific have shown incredible resilience and recovery from a recent but very severe disturbance: a volcanic eruption that created a new island. Hunga Tonga – Hunga Ha’apai was (until…
‘Conductor’ gene found in plant root stem cell ‘orchestra’
In a new paper, researchers at North Carolina State University lift the veil on the “conductor” plant root stem cell gene that helps orchestrate and coordinate stem cell division of different root stem cell types, ensuring the harmonic communication necessary…
Once-a-month oral contraceptive could improve patient adherence
Researchers have created a new ingestible drug delivery platform that expands in the stomach and could safely deliver a contraceptive over one month when tested in pigs. The technology could one day help women adhere more easily to birth control…
Internists concerned proposed Ohio legislation would harm patients
Washington, DC (December 4, 2019) –The American College of Physicians (ACP) fears that recent legislation introduced in the Ohio state legislature that orders physicians to re-implant ectopic pregnancies, which is clinically not possible, will threaten patient health and subject physicians…
Scientists create ‘epigenetic couch potato’ mouse
Why is it that some people love to exercise, and others hate it? Most people would assume it’s all due to genetics, but a new Baylor College of Medicine led study in mice shows for the first time that a…
How plants harness ‘bad’ molecules for good ends
Identifying the complex molecular interactions that regulate root growth could lead to more productive crops
Once-a-month oral contraceptive could improve patient adherence
Researchers have created a new ingestible drug delivery platform that expands in the stomach and could safely deliver a contraceptive over one month when tested in pigs. The technology could one day help women adhere more easily to birth control…
Internists concerned proposed Ohio legislation would harm patients
Washington, DC (December 4, 2019) –The American College of Physicians (ACP) fears that recent legislation introduced in the Ohio state legislature that orders physicians to re-implant ectopic pregnancies, which is clinically not possible, will threaten patient health and subject physicians…
Scientists create ‘epigenetic couch potato’ mouse
Why is it that some people love to exercise, and others hate it? Most people would assume it’s all due to genetics, but a new Baylor College of Medicine led study in mice shows for the first time that a…
How plants harness ‘bad’ molecules for good ends
Identifying the complex molecular interactions that regulate root growth could lead to more productive crops
Female fish can breed a new species if they aren’t choosy about who is Mr. Right
Fish will mate with a species outside their own if the male’s colouring is attractive enough or if the female can’t see him properly, according to new research. Such ‘mistakes’ in mate choice can lead to the evolution of new…
Is disability a risk factor for miscarriage?
New Rochelle, NY, December 3, 2019–A new study compared the proportion of women with any cognitive, physical, or independent living disability who experienced a miscarriage during the previous 5-year period to women without disabilities. Regardless of the type of disability,…
Female fish can breed a new species if they aren’t choosy about who is Mr. Right
Fish will mate with a species outside their own if the male’s colouring is attractive enough or if the female can’t see him properly, according to new research. Such ‘mistakes’ in mate choice can lead to the evolution of new…
Is disability a risk factor for miscarriage?
New Rochelle, NY, December 3, 2019–A new study compared the proportion of women with any cognitive, physical, or independent living disability who experienced a miscarriage during the previous 5-year period to women without disabilities. Regardless of the type of disability,…
Protein defect leaves sperm chasing their tails
A team led by researchers from Osaka University identify a protein required for electrical signal sensing, which, when defective, causes sperm to swim in circles
Decades old debate settled: Golgi key to maintenance of molecule-sorting station in cells
New mechanism to explain how the cell organelle that sorts and distributes substances entering a cell is formed and maintained
Protein defect leaves sperm chasing their tails
A team led by researchers from Osaka University identify a protein required for electrical signal sensing, which, when defective, causes sperm to swim in circles
Decades old debate settled: Golgi key to maintenance of molecule-sorting station in cells
New mechanism to explain how the cell organelle that sorts and distributes substances entering a cell is formed and maintained
Harbor porpoise calves exposed to neurotoxic PCBs in mothers’ milk
New ZSL study reveals mothers detoxify themselves by passing on most neurotoxic PCBs through lactation
Facial deformity in royal dynasty was linked to inbreeding, scientists confirm
First study to indicate a direct relationship between inbreeding and facial morphology
Uncontrolled asthma attacks during pregnancy increase health risks for mothers and babies
Women with asthma who suffer severe symptoms while they are pregnant face higher risks of health problems both for themselves and their babies compared to women with well-controlled asthma, according to research published in the European Respiratory Journal [1]. The…
Unique sledge dogs helped the Inuit thrive in the North American Arctic
A unique group of dogs helped the Inuit conquer the tough terrain of the North American Arctic, major new analysis of the remains of hundreds of animals shows. The study shows that the Inuit brought specialised dogs with them when…
Using fungi to search for medical drugs
An enormous library of products derived from more than ten thousand fungi could help us find new drugs. Researchers from the group of Jeroen den Hertog at the Hubrecht Institute , in collaboration with researchers from the Westerdijk Institute and…
Finding Nemo’s family: a good home is more important than good genes
In a study published today, scientists report that the long-term success of clownfish depends more on living in a good neighbourhood than it does on good genes. The natural home of the clownfish is the anemone, but not all anemones…
Life, liberty — and access to microbes?
Poverty increases the risk for numerous diseases by limiting people’s access to healthy food, environments and stress-free conditions. In a new essay published November 26 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology , Suzanne Ishaq and colleagues at the University of…
Using fungi to search for medical drugs
An enormous library of products derived from more than ten thousand fungi could help us find new drugs. Researchers from the group of Jeroen den Hertog at the Hubrecht Institute , in collaboration with researchers from the Westerdijk Institute and…
Finding Nemo’s family: a good home is more important than good genes
In a study published today, scientists report that the long-term success of clownfish depends more on living in a good neighbourhood than it does on good genes. The natural home of the clownfish is the anemone, but not all anemones…
Bulwer’s petrel can fly more than 1,800 kilometers over ocean waters to find food
The migratory routes of a small seabird
Life, liberty — and access to microbes?
Poverty increases the risk for numerous diseases by limiting people’s access to healthy food, environments and stress-free conditions. In a new essay published November 26 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology , Suzanne Ishaq and colleagues at the University of…
Bulwer’s petrel can fly more than 1,800 kilometers over ocean waters to find food
The migratory routes of a small seabird
Babies in the womb may see more than we thought
Light-sensitive cells in immature retina are networked, suggesting bigger role in developing brain
Sant Joan de Deu and Clinic with UPF create a surgical navigation system for fetal surgery
A team of professionals from BCNatal, in collaboration with the team of Miguel A. González Ballester, ICREA research professor of the DTIC, has developed for the first time in the world
Babies in the womb may see more than we thought
Light-sensitive cells in immature retina are networked, suggesting bigger role in developing brain
Sant Joan de Deu and Clinic with UPF create a surgical navigation system for fetal surgery
A team of professionals from BCNatal, in collaboration with the team of Miguel A. González Ballester, ICREA research professor of the DTIC, has developed for the first time in the world
Environmental enrichment corrects errors in brain development
Increased levels of stimulation can counteract mis-mapped neurons in the visual pathway
Environmental enrichment corrects errors in brain development
Increased levels of stimulation can counteract mis-mapped neurons in the visual pathway
Nanotechnology could be the answer for condition which affects 10 million women
University of South Australia biomedical engineer Dr Marnie Winter has been awarded US$100,000 from the world’s largest private foundation to help better understand and tackle a condition which kills 76,000 women and 500,000 babies each year. The international team led…