Edinburgh Zoo: panda Tian Tian won't give birth this year
Edinburgh Zoo says giant panda Tian Tian won't give birth this year.
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Sep 11, 2017
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News tagged with fetus
Mussel-inspired glue could one day make fetal surgery safer
Whether to perform surgery on a fetus is a heart-wrenching decision. This type of surgery involves penetrating the highly delicate amniotic sac, increasing health risks to the fetus. Now researchers report the development ...
Materials Science
Aug 21, 2017
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NanoVelcro microchips could someday noninvasively diagnose prenatal conditions
Many pregnant women undergo some form of prenatal testing before their children are born. The information that expectant mothers gain from these tests vary, from the baby's gender to genetic defects. But the tests are often ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 19, 2017
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Developing fetuses react to face-like shapes from the womb
It's well known that young babies are more interested in faces than other objects. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology on June 8 have the first evidence that this preference for faces develops in the womb. By projecting ...
Evolution
Jun 8, 2017
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Byzantine skeleton yields 800-year-old genomes from a fatal infection
Eight hundred years ago, in a hardscrabble farming community on the outskirts of what was once one of the fabled cities of the ancient world, Troy, a 30-year-old woman was laid to rest in a stone-lined grave.
Archaeology
Jan 10, 2017
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3-D-bioprinted placenta could lead to new treatments for preeclampsia
Preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication involving the placenta that can be serious—even fatal—for the mother or fetus. The only effective treatment option is premature delivery. Now for the first time, scientists have ...
Biochemistry
May 18, 2016
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48-million-year-old horse-like fetus discovered in Germany
A 48 million year-old horse-like equoid fetus has been discovered at the Messel pit near Frankfurt, Germany according to a study published October 7, 2015 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Jens Lorenz Franzen from Senckenberg ...
Archaeology
Oct 7, 2015
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Exquisite ancient horse fossil preserves uterus with unborn foal
A specimen of the ancient horse Eurohippus messelensis has been discovered in Germany that preserves a fetus as well as parts of the uterus and associated tissues. It demonstrates that reproduction in early horses was very ...
Archaeology
Nov 6, 2014
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Pregnant women and fetuses exposed to antibacterial compounds face potential health risks
As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mulls over whether to rein in the use of common antibacterial compounds that are causing growing concern among environmental health experts, scientists are reporting today that many ...
Biochemistry
Aug 10, 2014
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Argentina seeks beef production boost with bovine IUD
An Argentinian veterinarian has designed a cheap and simple device that could revolutionize cattle husbandry on the pampas by preventing pregnant cows from reaching the slaughterhouse.
Plants & Animals
Aug 18, 2013
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