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New DNA Test to Identify Down Syndrome in Pregnancy Is Ready for Clinical Use
October 17, 2011 — A new DNA-based prenatal blood test that can strikingly reduce the number of risky diagnostic procedures needed to identify a pregnancy with Down syndrome is ready to be introduced into clinical ... > full story -
Low Birthweight Infants Five Times More Likely to Have Autism, Study Finds
October 17, 2011 — Autism researchers have found a link between low birthweight and children diagnosed with autism, reporting premature infants are five times more likely to have autism than children born at normal ... > full story -
Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome at Increased Risk of Pregnancy Complications, Research Finds
October 13, 2011 — Women with polycystic ovary syndrome are more likely to have problems with pregnancy regardless of whether they are undergoing fertility treatment, claims new ... > full story -
Swedish Heart Test Saves Lives of Newborns With Heart Defects
October 11, 2011 — The US Secretary of Health recently supported a recommendation that all babies born in the US are to be screened for critical heart defects, before leaving hospital. Behind this decision is a study ... > full story -
New Findings Validate the Accuracy of Autism Diagnosis in Children With Down Syndrome
October 4, 2011 — New findings from a 16-year study confirm that the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders, the gold-standard for the classification of mental health conditions, can be used to accurately ... > full story -
Overall Quality of Pregnant Woman’s Diet Affects Risk for Two Birth Defects, Study Shows
October 3, 2011 — The overall quality of a pregnant woman's diet is linked with risk for two types of serious birth defects, a new study has shown. In the study, women who ate better before and during pregnancy gave ... > full storyMore: -
Lung Function of Moderately Premature Babies Is Reduced at 8-9 Years but May Improve With Age
September 27, 2011 — The negative effects that premature birth can have on the lungs of babies could be as severe in moderately premature babies as those born extremely prematurely but may be reversed in their teenage ... > full story -
Fragile X-Associated Tremor/ataxia Syndrome May Be Linked to Dysregulated Neuronal RNA Transport, Study Suggests
September 7, 2011 — A new study suggests that cellular dysregulation associated with certain neurodegenerative disorders may result from molecular competition in neuronal RNA transport ... > full story -
In Next-Generation DNA Sequence, New Answers to a Rare and Devastating Disease: Leigh Syndrome
September 6, 2011 — In Leigh syndrome, infants are born apparently healthy only to develop movement and breathing disorders that worsen over time, often leading to death by the age of 3. The problem is that the ... > full story -
Joining the Dots: Mutation-Mechanism-Disease
September 1, 2011 — Individuals with an autoinflammatory syndrome experience episodes of prolonged fever and inflammation in the absence of infection. There are several different autoinflammatory syndromes identified by ... > full story
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