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Checkered history of mother and daughter cells explains cell cycle differences (w/ Video)

When mother and daughter cells are created each time a cell divides, they are not exactly alike. They have the same set of genes, but differ in the way they regulate them. New research now reveals that these regulatory differences ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Maternal HIV-1 treatment protects against transmission to newborns

Mothers receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to treat HIV-1 infection are less likely than untreated mothers to transmit the virus to their newborns through breastfeeding, according to a new study. The findings, ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study: Cancer may pass from mother to unborn child

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has provided genetic evidence for the first time that it is possible for a mother to transmit cancer to her unborn child via the placenta.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 weblog

Co-sleeping is key culprit in sudden infant deaths: study

More than half of sudden unexplained infant deaths occur while the infant is sharing a bed or a sofa with a parent (co-sleeping) and may be related to parents drinking alcohol or taking drugs, suggests a study published on ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Children of working mothers less healthy: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new British study has found that the children of working mothers are less likely to eat right and exercise than children of mothers who stay home.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 weblog

Study: 2 million babies and mothers die at birth

(AP) -- More than 2 million babies and mothers die worldwide each year from childbirth complications, outnumbering child deaths from malaria and HIV/AIDS, according to a study.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Asthmatic children: Did mom use her pump during pregnancy?

Expectant mothers who eschew asthma treatment during pregnancy heighten the risk transmitting the condition to their offspring, according to one of the largest studies of its kind published in the European Respiratory Jo ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smoking during pregnancy puts children at risk of psychotic symptoms

Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms in their teenage years.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Spontaneous and medically induced preterm births contribute equally to the rising rate of preterm births

Research published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine shows that the rising rate of preterm birth in Scotland is as much a result of an increase in spontaneous preterm birth as it is of preterm birth that i ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0