News tagged with mutant embryo

Some neural tube defects in mice linked to enzyme deficiency

Women of childbearing age can reduce the risk of having a child born with a neural tube defect such as spina bifida by eating enough folate or folic acid. However, folate prevents only about 70 percent of these defects.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

May 25, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Embryo's heartbeat drives blood stem cell formation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists have long wondered why the embryonic heart begins beating so early, before the tissues actually need to be infused with blood. Two groups of researchers from Children's Hospital ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

May 13, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 0