Developmental biologists at Tufts University have identified a "self-correcting" mechanism by which developing organisms recognize and repair head and facial abnormalities. This is the first time that such ...

Biology - Other

Apr 25, 2012 4 / 5 (2) 0

(AP) -- Puzzling new research suggests women have a harder time than men looking at babies with facial birth defects. It's a surprise finding. Psychiatrists from the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital, who were studying ...

Medicine & Health - Psychology & Psychiatry

Jun 24, 2009 5 / 5 (3) 1

People with a genetic condition called Williams syndrome are famously gregarious. Scientists, looking carefully at brain function in individuals with Williams syndrome, think they may know why this is so. The researchers ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Jan 27, 2009 3.7 / 5 (3) 0