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H1N1 Flu Shots Appear Safe for Pregnant Women: Pandemic Vaccination Did Not Increase Risk of Fetal Death
January 17, 2013 — Pregnant women who were vaccinated against pandemic influenza were not at increased risk of experiencing fetal death. However, pregnant women who contracted influenza had an increased risk of fetal ... > full story -
Promising New Finding for Therapies to Treat Persistent Seizures in Epileptic Patients
January 16, 2013 — In a promising finding for epileptic patients suffering from persistent seizures known as status epilepticus, researchers say that new medication could help halt these devastating ... > full story -
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Light Exposure During Pregnancy Key to Normal Eye Development
January 16, 2013 — New research concludes the eye -- which depends on light to see -- also needs light to develop normally during pregnancy. Scientists say the unexpected finding offers a new basic understanding of ... > full story -
New Culprit for Epileptic Seizures: Some Seizures Arise in Glial Cells
January 16, 2013 — A new study suggests that some seizures may originate in non-neuronal cells known as glia, which were long believed to play a mere supporting role in brain ... > full story -
Stem-Cell Approach Shows Promise for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
January 14, 2013 — Researchers have shown that transplanting stem cells derived from normal mouse blood vessels into the hearts of mice that model the pathology associated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) ... > full story -
New Discovery in Autism-Related Disorder Reveals Key Mechanism in Brain Development and Disease
January 14, 2013 — A new finding in neuroscience for the first time points to a developmental mechanism linking the disease-causing mutation in an autism-related disorder, Timothy syndrome, and observed defects in ... > full story -
iPSCs Used to Define Treatment for Heart Disorder
January 11, 2013 — Researchers used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from a young patient with Long QT syndrome (LQTS), a congenital heart disorder, to determine a course of treatment that helped manage ... > full story -
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Why Down Syndrome Boosts Susceptibility to Other Conditions
January 11, 2013 — A new study has revealed some of the underlying neural factors that explain why people with Down syndrome are more susceptible to Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and autistic spectrum ... > full story -
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Study Points to a Safer, Better Test for Chromosomal Defects in the Fetus
January 10, 2013 — A noninvasive, sequencing-based approach for detecting chromosomal abnormalities in the developing fetus is safer and more informative in some cases than traditional methods, according to a new ... > full story -
Overweight Begins in the Womb: Lifestyle of Mother Shapes Disposition for Subsequent Weight
January 10, 2013 — A disposition for overweight is shaped even before birth, according to new research. The study reveals that children with a birth weight of more than 4,000 grams are twice as much at risk of becoming ... > full story
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