Researchers create new model for studying earliest stages of retinoblastoma news-medical.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news-medical.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
supporter Sky High for Kids makes its mark in Memphis today as the first organization to add its name to the Advanced Research Center, the new state-of-the-art facility opening later this year on the St. Jude campus.
The Advanced Research Center builds on the St. Jude legacy of transformative innovations to understand and treat childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
The Advanced Research Center, shown here during construction at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, will enable collaboration among scientists in several fields, including developmental neurobiology, which will be housed in the Sky High for Kids Research Floor.
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Autism has a higher prevalence in males than females. Bisphenol A (BPA) is a common chemical found in plastics, our food, and even the human placenta. Higher prenatal exposure to BPA is thought to increase the risk of autism. Researchers have, for the first time, identified autism candidate genes that may be responsible for the sex-specific effects of BPA.
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Researchers at Tohoku University have revealed further insight into the fetal development of our brain and the potential causes of Fragile X syndrome (FSX).
During brain development, the fetal period is vital in creating neurons from neural stem cells to build up a functional adult brain. Any impairment in the developmental program could result in severe defects in the brain.
FSX is a genetic disorder characterized by intellectual disability and autistic symptoms. Children with FSX will generally suffer from developmental delays as well as social and behavioral problems.
FSX patients have a defect in the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene, a gene that codes for the fragile X mental retardation protein (FNRP) the critical factor in normal brain development.
New Insights into Fragile X Syndrome and Fetal Brain miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.