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New Prenatal Test For Down Syndrome Less Risky Than Amniocentesis, Scientists Say

Pregnant women worried about their babies' genetic health face a tough decision: get prenatal gene testing and risk miscarriage, or skip ...  > full story

Alcohol Consumption Can Cause Too Much Cell Death, Fetal Abnormalities

The initial signs of fetal alcohol syndrome are slight but classic: facial malformations such as a flat and high upper lip, small ...  > full story

Can Facial Structures, Brain Abnormalities Reveal Formula For Detection Of Autism?

Recently, Harvard researchers reported that children with autism have a wide range of genetic defects, making it nearly ...  > full story

10,000 People In World-first Cerebral Palsy Study

Researchers have launched the largest study of its kind in the world in a bid to better understand the possible genetic causes of cerebral palsy. ...  > full story

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  Traumatic Brain Injury Common Amongst Homeless People

  October 6, 2008 — Traumatic brain injury is common amongst homeless people and is associated with poorer health, found a study of more than 900 homeless men and women in ... > full story
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  Loss Of The Protein Target Of Lithium Disrupts Normal Mouse Embryonic Heart Development

  October 3, 2008 — One drug used to treat bipolar disorder is lithium, an inhibitor of GSK-3 proteins controversially linked to congenital heart defects. However, new data indicate that mice lacking GSK-3-beta die ... > full story
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  Neuropeptide Y System Linked To More Severe Form Of Alcohol Dependence

  September 29, 2008 — Prior animal research showed an association between the neuropeptide Y (NPY) pathway and its three receptor genes and alcohol dependence, alcohol withdrawal and cocaine use. New human findings link ... > full story
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  Mapping The Neuron-behavior Link In Rett Syndrome

  September 26, 2008 — A link between certain behaviors and the lack of the protein associated with Rett Syndrome -- a devastating autism spectrum disorder -- demonstrates the importance of MeCP2 (the protein) and reveals ... > full story
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  Rare Genetic Disorder Gives Clues To Autism, Epilepsy, Mental Retardation

  September 25, 2008 — Studying a rare genetic disorder called tuberous sclerosis complex, researchers have uncovered a possible cause of some neurodevelopmental disorders: structural abnormalities in neurons. The growth ... > full story
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  Revealing The Regulating Mechanism Behind Signal Transduction In The Brain

  September 22, 2008 — Our brain consists of billions of cells that continually transmit signals to each other. This dynamic process works only when the brain cells make contact correctly, or, in other words, when there is ... > full story
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  Turn It Off To Turn It On: Neuroscientists Discover Critical Early Step Of Memory Formation

  September 15, 2008 — Researchers have found how nerve cells in the brain ensure that Arc, a protein critical for memory formation, is made instantly after nerve stimulation. Paradoxically, its manufacture involves two ... > full story
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  Back-to-school Challenges For Children Dealing With Heart Health Difficulties

  September 15, 2008 — This challenge of the first day of school is even greater for those born with a congenital heart malformation and who underwent open-heart surgery soon after birth. Researchers have now assessed the ... > full story
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  70 Years Old And Going Strong With Down Syndrome And No Dementia

  September 12, 2008 — In the world of Down syndrome, 'Mr. C' is a rarity. A real person whose progress has been tracked for the past 16 years, at seventy, 'Mr. C' has well surpassed the average life expectancy of a person ... > full story
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  Aberrations In One Region Of One Chromosome Associated With Broad Range Of Disorders In Children

  September 11, 2008 — A submicroscopic variation in a region of human chromosome 1q21.1 is associated with a broad range of disorders and levels of impairment, including mental retardation, autism, heart defects, hand ... > full story

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