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Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day 2017

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day 2017

Highlights: Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day is observed on the 14th of February. Congenital heart defect (CHD) is one of the most common birth defects. The day ...

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Multiple Congenital Heart Defects Linked to a Single Gene Mutation

Multiple Congenital Heart Defects Linked to a Single Gene Mutation

Highlights Scientists from Gladstone Institute of Cardiology have identified a single mutation in GATA4 gene that is found to lead to two different heart diseases. A hole in the...

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Now, Functional Heart Pacemaker Cells From Stem Cells

Now, Functional Heart Pacemaker Cells From Stem Cells

Highlights Defects in heart’s biological pacemaker is treated by implanting electronic pacemaker that has many limitations. Fully functional biological pacemaker cells have been g...

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Possible Mechanism of Protective Effect of Folic Acid in Neural Tube Defects

Possible Mechanism of Protective Effect of Folic Acid in Neural Tube Defects

Highlights Neural tube defects are amongst the most common birth defects H3K27me3 has been recognized as an epigenetic marker during neuronal differentiation. ACat2 ...

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Epilepsy Drugs During Pregnancy Linked to Birth Defects

Epilepsy Drugs During Pregnancy Linked to Birth Defects

Highlights Epilepsy occurs due to the malfunction of neurons in the brain. Anti-epileptic medications are used to treat seizures. Carbamazepine, topiramate, phenytoin are linked ...

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Low Levels of Brain Protein Linked to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Low Levels of Brain Protein Linked to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Highlights Low level of a protein, orexin is associated with sudden infant death syndrome. Children could be screened at birth to determine the risk of the syndrome. Next, id...

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Mosquitoes Could Infect Humans With Zika and Chikungunya Simultaneously

Mosquitoes Could Infect Humans With Zika and Chikungunya Simultaneously

Highlights New study shows that mosquitoes are capable of carrying Zika and chikungunya viruses simultaneously. Previous study stated that mosquitoes can carry dengue and chikungu...

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Women With Congenital Heart Disease Can Have Safe and Healthy Pregnancies

Women With Congenital Heart Disease Can Have Safe and Healthy Pregnancies

Highlights Congenital heart diseases (CHD) are a group of abnormalities in the heart that develop before birth. As more women with CHD survive into their childbearing years, docto...

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Urethral Repair Using Bone Marrow Stem Cells Shows Encouraging Results

Urethral Repair Using Bone Marrow Stem Cells Shows Encouraging Results

Highlights Hypospadias is a congenital defect where the urethral opening is on the underside of the penis, instead of being at the tip. It causes abnormal curvature of the p...

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Niclosamide, Emricasan - Possible Treatment for Zika?

Niclosamide, Emricasan - Possible Treatment for Zika?

Highlights Infection with the mosquito-borne Zika virus during pregnancy can cause the baby to be born with a small head (microcephaly) A research team from Florida State Universi...

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Congenital Heart Defects Decline After Food Fortification With Folic Acid

Congenital Heart Defects Decline After Food Fortification With Folic Acid

Highlights: Folic acid is an essential micronutrient during pregnancy Deficiency of folic acid can cause neural tube defects Folic acid food fortification has reduced the rates of ...

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First Investigational Treatment For Spinal Muscular Atrophy Yields Positive Results In Clinical Trials

First Investigational Treatment For Spinal Muscular Atrophy Yields Positive Results In Clinical Trials

Highlights Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) a genetic disorder that affects the control of muscle movements. Genetic mutations on chromosome 5 in SMN1 gene cause the deficiency of surv...

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FDA Approves Addition of Folic Acid to Corn Masa Flour to Prevent Birth Defects in Hispanic Population

FDA Approves Addition of Folic Acid to Corn Masa Flour to Prevent Birth Defects in Hispanic Population

Folic acid intake during pregnancy prevents birth defects of the brain and spine in an unborn baby. The diet of Hispanic mothers does not contain sufficient amounts of folic a...

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Gene Therapy Brings Hope for Bubble Boy Disease Treatment

Gene Therapy Brings Hope for Bubble Boy Disease Treatment

Severe combined immunodeficiency is also called bubble boy disease and it is a rare congenital disorder The patient has little or no immune response Gene therapy offers hope ...

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Caste System and Genes in India

Caste System and Genes in India

Genetic studies were performed to study the caste system and its origins Majority of the studied mitochondrial DNA were of Indian origin A considerable minority belonged to W...

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