Mutations in human NMD regulators are seen in neurodevelopmental ... but the brain seems particularly vulnerable to NMD ...

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have uncovered new genetic interactions that may contribute ...

Abnormalities in heart formation, the most common form of human birth defects, afflict nearly 1% of newborns, and their frequency in spontaneously aborted pregnancies is estimated to be tenfold ...

Saima Wazed, Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia, emphasised that birth defects have a significant impact on the ...

The Niswander lab investigates novel mouse models of embryonic development with the overarching goal of providing insights into fundamental developmental processes, major human birth defects and ...

Small variations in programming the morphogenetic events can lead to a diverse range of congenital defects. A majority of all human birth defects are associated with some form of craniofacial ...

The key to understanding vertebrate development and the origins of human birth defects may lie with the fishes--that is, with the zebrafishes (Danio rerio). Using zebrafish mutants produced primarily ...

The Niswander lab investigates mouse models of embryonic development to provide insights into fundamental developmental processes, major human birth defects and potential clinical therapies. Her ...

Pioneering research published today suggests that a vitamin supplement taken during pregnancy could prevent hydrocephalus - one of the common forms of birth brain defect. Scientists at The University ...

Prolacta Bioscience, the world's leading hospital provider of 100% human milk-based nutritional products, today announced the ...

Inherited mutations in cardiac regulatory genes give rise to congenital heart disease, the most common form of human birth defects, and abnormalities of the adult heart represent the most ...