News tagged with abnormal sex organs

When someone is raised female and the genes say XY

(AP) -- It's the birth defect people don't talk about. A baby is born not completely male or female. The old term was hermaphrodite, then intersex. Now it's called "disorders of sexual development." Sometimes the person ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 12, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (19) | comments 38




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Scientists make stunning inner space observations

Scientists using high-powered microscopes have made a stunning observation of the architecture within a cell – and identified for the first time how the architecture changes during the formation of gametes, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Comparing profiles of learning and memory impairments in two groups of children

While children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are known to have deficits in verbal learning and recall, the specifics of these deficits remain unclear. This study compared the verbal learning and memory performance ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study may lead to greater understanding of human genome regulation

Many multi-cellular animals use sex chromosomes to determine sex. In fruit flies and in humans, this produces XX for females and XY for males. Cellular mechanisms then kick into gear to compensate the two-to-one imbalance ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A breakthrough in the struggle against the increasingly resistant malaria parasite

About every minute two children die from malaria caused by a parasite in the genus Plasmodium. Researchers have recently identified pivotal regulators controlling the malaria parasite’s transmission and ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Not all clones the same

Despite their name, not all clones are created equal. This is especially true for the products of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), which entails the transplantation of the nucleus from a mature somatic ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Rabbit's food brings luck in decreasing estrogen levels in wastewater

The November 2010 issue of Environmental Pollution details successful experiments at the University of Cincinnati wherein rabbit's food resulted in the abiotic (non-biological) transformation and absorption of fou ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study recommends that parents, physicians share decisions in sex development disorder surgery

A shared decision-making process would assist doctors and parents who are facing the extraordinarily complex, challenging and controversial choices presented when infants are born with genetic or anatomical anomalies in sexual ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study ties abnormal cells in blood to lung cancer

A novel approach detects genetically abnormal cells in the blood of non-small cell lung cancer patients that match abnormalities found in tumor cells and increase in number with the severity of the disease, a research team ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sluggish cell division may help explain genital defects

Scientists have learned how a gene widely known for precisely positioning and sculpting various organs also controls the speed of cell division, a finding that could be useful for understanding the explosive growth of cancer ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Most women facing gynecologic surgery don't worry about its effects on sex

Most women scheduled for gynecologic surgery to address noncancerous symptoms said in a recently published survey that they were not worried about the effects of the procedure on their sex lives.

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created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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