In a discovery that opens the door to a less invasive way of treating some serious disorders before birth, UC San Francisco scientists have found that delivering medicine through amniotic fluid is as effective as delivering ...
Mar 4, 2024
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Scientists have created miniorgans from cells floating in the fluid that surrounds a fetus in the womb—an advance they believe could open up new areas of prenatal medicine.
Mar 4, 2024
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In Utah, more of Dr. Cara Heuser's maternal-fetal medicine patients are requesting early ultrasounds, hoping to detect serious problems in time to choose whether to continue the pregnancy or have an abortion.
Feb 12, 2024
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A research group from the University of Oulu, Finland, has shown that nanoparticles originating from maternal gut bacteria are present in amniotic fluid. This is a previously unknown mechanism of communication between the ...
Nov 14, 2023
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Advisors to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will weigh the possibilities and parameters of experiments with artificial wombs for premature human babies.
Sep 19, 2023
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Scientists are calling for tighter regulation of stem cell treatments, after finding hundreds of clinics worldwide offering unproven "therapies" for conditions as varied as hair loss and Parkinson's.
May 22, 2023
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Early detection of childhood hearing loss is crucial but also challenging because babies can't tell their parents or doctors exactly what's wrong.
Mar 27, 2023
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Scientific claims that babies harbor live bacteria while still in the womb are inaccurate, and may have impeded research progress, according to University College Cork (UCC) researchers at APC Microbiome Ireland, a world-leading ...
Jan 25, 2023
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A clinical research team from the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has used amniotic fluid cells obtained during 16-24 weeks of pregnancy as a novel sample type for RNA-sequencing in prenatal diagnosis to help more families ...
Dec 29, 2022
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It's two weeks after the birth of your healthy bub and you notice your gut isn't feeling quite right. Maybe you feel a bit bloated. Maybe you're farting more than usual.
Nov 29, 2022
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