Deformities of the head and facial bones, such as cleft lip or cleft palate, are among the most common and debilitating human birth defects, affecting about 1 in 500 births in developed countries.

“We found that typically Cas9 [enzymes] cleave the human genome at about 90 sites ... then only implant ones without genetic defects inside the mother. Older women tend to produce eggs ...

Taking pregabalin (Lyrica) during pregnancy may be associated with a higher risk of major birth defects, researchers found. Note that this observational study documented an association between ...

"When we see defects like this, we immediately suspect ... one driven home by a sobering summary of over 50 human syngnathia case histories she compiled for the paper. That table lists the extent ...

Here, I outline the glycan biosynthesis pathways in which genetic defects have been identified that lead to human disease. For each class of disease, I highlight the examples that have provided ...

Compared to heart organoids created in healthy conditions, mini hearts exposed to diabetic conditions developed heart abnormalities like those of human fetuses and newborns with diabetic ...

The condition's name is an acronym for a constellation of associated birth defects that affect about ... lab and first author of the study, coaxed human embryonic stem cells to become what ...