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10/28/09
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NIH-Funded Researchers Transform Embryonic Stem Cells Into Human Germ Cells
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| Researchers funded in part by the National Institutes of Health have discovered how to transform human embryonic stem cells into germ cells, the embryonic cells that ultimately give rise to sperm and eggs. The advance will allow researchers to observe human germ cells—previously inaccessible—in laboratory dishes. |
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09/30/09
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Treating Even Mild Gestational Diabetes Reduces Birth Complications
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| A National Institutes of Health network study provided the first conclusive evidence that treating pregnant women who have even the mildest form of gestational diabetes can reduce the risk of common birth complications among infants, as well as blood pressure disorders among mothers. |
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08/27/09
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New Technique Could Eliminate Inherited Mitochondrial Disease
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| Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed an experimental technique with the potential to prevent a class of hereditary disorders passed on from mother to child. The technique, as yet conducted only in nonhuman primates,involves transferring the hereditary material from one female’s egg into another female’s egg from which the hereditary material has been removed. |
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07/20/09
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NIH Issues Research Plan on Fragile X Syndrome and Associated Disorders
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| The National Institutes of Health has developed a research plan to advance the understanding of fragile X syndrome and its associated conditions, fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome and fragile X-associated primary ovarian insufficiency. Fragile X syndrome causes intellectual and developmental disabilities and results from a mutation in a gene on the X chromosome. |
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07/14/09
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New Technique Could Sustain Cancer Patients' Fertility
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| Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have completed a critical first step in the eventual development of a technique to retain fertility in women with cancer who require treatments that might otherwise make them unable to have children. |
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06/29/09
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Second Gene Linked to Familial Testicular Cancer
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| Specific variations or mutations in a particular can gene raise a man’s risk of familial, or inherited, testicular germ-cell cancer, the most common form of this disease, according to new research by scientists at the National Institutes of Health. This is only the second gene to be identified that affects the risk of familial testicular cancer, and the first gene in a key biochemical pathway. The study appears in the July 2009 Cancer Research. |
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06/19/09
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Delay in Diagnosis of Menopause-like Condition in Young Women Linked to Low Bone Density
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| Women and young girls who experience delays in diagnosing a premature, menopause-like condition face increased risk of low bone density, according to new research by scientists at the National Institutes of Health. A delay in diagnosing the condition, called primary ovarian insufficiency, may make women more susceptible to osteoporosis and fractures later in life, the researchers concluded. |
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05/20/09
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NIH Podcast Advises Women On How to Achieve a Healthy Pregnancy
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| Women can increase their chances for a healthy pregnancy by eating right, exercising, not smoking, and getting early medical care, says a podcast featuring a National Institutes of Health obstetrician who oversees research on pregnancy and birth. |
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03/01/09
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Low Levels of Vitamin B12 May Increase Risk for Neural Tube Defects
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| Children born to women who have low blood levels of vitamin B12 shortly before and after conception may have an increased risk of a neural tube defect, according to an analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, Trinity College Dublin, and the Health Research Board of Ireland. |
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