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  Paternal Skin-to-Skin Contact Offers Cesarean-Born Baby Same Calming and Development Benefits as Mom

  June 11, 2007 — A father providing skin-to-skin contact with his newborn immediately after a cesarean birth offers the same calming and comforting benefits as a mother, according to a new ... > full story
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  Crucial Progress In Understanding Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein

  June 6, 2007 — Researchers in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine have identified a new regulatory target for the Fragile X mental retardation protein, ... > full story
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  Fragile X Syndrome: A Stimulating Environment Restores Neuronal Function In Mice

  May 23, 2007 — A new study of the malfunctioning neuronal machinery of Fragile X syndrome reveals that it can be restored by a stimulating environment. The study found that mice genetically altered to have the same ... > full story
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  First Images Of Brain Changes Associated With Memory Revealed

  May 16, 2007 — Researchers have developed the first images of the physical changes in brain cells thought to underlie memory, a discovery that is already uncovering clues about memory loss linked to cognitive ... > full story
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  New Link Between Down Syndrome And Alzheimer's Disease

  May 4, 2007 — Scientists have shown that a protein involved in cholesterol metabolism may cause the accelerated onset of Alzheimer's Disease in individuals affected with Down ... > full story
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  Epilepsy Drug Valproate Used During Pregnancy Linked To Lower IQ in Children, According To Study

  May 3, 2007 — Children of women who took the epilepsy drug valproate during pregnancy appear to be at a greater risk for lower IQ, according to recent research. The study looked at IQ test results for 187 ... > full story
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  Cell Biology: Assumption Of Function Not Always Correct

  May 2, 2007 — A protein called RecQ takes on a totally opposite function in the bacteria Escherichia coli to the one it fulfills in yeast and in humans, indicating that people seeking to understand the role of ... > full story
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  How Genetic Malfunction Causes A Form Of Retardation

  April 18, 2007 — Researchers have discovered that the genetic malfunction that causes a form of mental retardation called Noonan Syndrome produces an imbalance in the genesis of two types of cells in the developing ... > full story
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  Down Syndromes, Fragile X, Linked To Faulty Brain Communication

  April 10, 2007 — The two most prevalent forms of genetic mental retardation, Fragile X and Down syndromes, may share a common cause, according to researchers at Stanford University School of ... > full story
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  Severe Mental Retardation Gene Mutation Identified

  March 20, 2007 — Researchers have identified a novel gene mutation that causes X-linked mental retardation for which there was no previously known molecular diagnosis, according to an article to be published ... > full story

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