Twin fetuses learn how to be social in the womb
(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans have a deep-seated urge to be social, and new research on the interactions of twins in the womb suggests this begins even before babies are born.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Dolphins have ability to sense electrical signals
In a new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers reveal the discovery of how the Guiana dolphin, Sotalia guianensis, is able to sense electric fields of prey in the water using ...
Jul 29, 2011 |
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Frozen human embryos are not life forms, S.Korean court says
South Korea's Constitutional Court has ruled that human embryos left over from fertility treatment are not life forms and can be used for research or destroyed, a court spokesman said Friday.
May 28, 2010 |
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Babies' language learning starts from the womb
(PhysOrg.com) -- From their very first days, newborns' cries already bear the mark of the language their parents speak, reveals a new study published online on November 5th in Current Biology, a Cell Press ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 05, 2009 |
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The mating game is far more complicated than X and Y
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Adelaide research reveals that a man's sperm does far more than fertilise an egg in the womb.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 23, 2010 |
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The new 'epigenetics:' Poor nutrition in the womb causes permanent genetic changes in the offspring
The new science of epigenetics explains how genes can be modified by the environment, and a prime result of epigenetic inquiry has just been published online in The FASEB Journal: You are what your mother did not eat during ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Length of pregnancy influenced by placenta structure
The nine-month pregnancy in humans is influenced by the structure of the placenta, according to new research into the evolution of reproduction in mammals which ends a 100-year mystery.
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Scientists believe technophobia starts in the womb
Having a good grasp of, or an aversion towards, using technology can be predicted by the hormones we are exposed to in the womb, researchers at the University of Bath have discovered.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Researchers: Aspirin cuts colon cancer risk
(AP) -- People with a genetic susceptibility to colon cancer could cut their chances of developing the disease in half by taking a daily dose of aspirin, researchers said Monday.
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Indonesian woman gives birth to 8.7 kilo boy
An Indonesian woman has given birth to an 8.7-kilogramme (19.2-pound) baby boy, the heaviest newborn ever recorded in the country, a doctor said Wednesday.
Sep 23, 2009 |
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'Miracle' baby elephant cheats death in birth
A baby elephant believed to have died during a nine-day labour was born alive at an Australian zoo on Wednesday, amazing its keepers and defying expert opinion that such an outcome would take a "miracle".
Mar 10, 2010 |
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World's first baby born from new egg-screening technique
Meet Oliver, the first baby in the world born using a new egg-screening technique that could double the odds of an implanted embryo taking hold in the womb, unveiled by British experts Wednesday.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Genes behind increasingly common form of cancer identified
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have identified two genes believed to play a role in the development of endometrial cancer. These results may eventually lead to better diagnosis and treatment of this ...
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Hunger in the womb raises risk of diabetes
Exposure to hunger in the uterus raises the risks of high blood sugar levels in later life, claim Dutch and Chinese researchers in the journal Diabetes.
Nov 05, 2010 |
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Fetal surgery is more effective than operating after birth: study
Thirty years ago, the first human fetal surgery was performed at the University of California, San Francisco. Now, a randomized controlled trial has proven definitively that fetal surgery can help certain ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 09, 2011 |
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