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Categories: Birth Defects, Child Development
Published Human embryo-like models created from stem cells to understand earliest stages of human development
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists have created a stem cell-derived model of the human embryo in the lab by reprogramming human stem cells. The breakthrough could help research into genetic disorders and in understanding why and how pregnancies fail.
Published What role does alternative splicing play in neurodegenerative disease?
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists have written a review to discuss emerging research and evidence of the roles of alternative splicing defects in major neurodegenerative diseases. They also summarize the latest advances in RNA-based therapeutic strategies to target these disorders.
Published Dads are key in supporting breastfeeding, safe infant sleep
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Fathers can make a huge difference in whether an infant is breastfed and placed to sleep safely, according to a recent survey of new fathers.
Published Scientists discover spiral-shaped signals that organize brain activity
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists have discovered human brain signals traveling across the outer layer of neural tissue that naturally arrange themselves to resemble swirling spirals.
Published High-quality child care contributes to later success in science, math
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Children who receive high-quality child care as babies, toddlers and preschoolers do better in science, technology, engineering and math through high school, and that link is stronger among children from low-income backgrounds, according to new research.
Published Conflict in marriage less harmful for kids when dad keeps it constructive
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Conflict is unavoidable in all marriages. When it erupts in families with children, stressed or angry parents may take their pain out on the kids, projecting their anger or withdrawing emotionally or physically. In the worst cases, children's socioemotional development can suffer. But the way parents, especially fathers, deal with marital conflict can make a difference to kids, according to a new study.
Published Poorly insulated nerve cells promote Alzheimer's disease in old age
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have shown that defective myelin actively promotes disease-related changes in Alzheimer's disease.
Published How caregiver speech shapes infant brain
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source New research shines light on how parents who talk more to their infants improve their children's brain development. Scientists used imaging and audio recordings to link early language skills to caregiver speech, delivering an affirming message that parents can greatly influence their child's linguistic growth in ways that are trackable in brain scans.
Published Male babies 'talk' more in the first year than female babies do
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Young babies make many squeals, vowel-like sounds, growls, and short word-like sounds such as 'ba' or 'aga.' Those precursors to speech or 'protophones' are later replaced with early words and, eventually, whole phrases and sentences. While some infants are naturally more 'talkative' than others, a new study confirms that there are differences between males and females in the number of those sounds.
Published Open-analysis platform for pediatric brain tumors provides robust data resource for childhood cancer research
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have partnered to create a first-of-its-kind open-source, reproducible analysis platform for pediatric brain tumors. With the help of thousands of genomically sequenced samples, researchers have used this platform to identify initial findings about genetic variants associated with poorer outcomes that could help guide future diagnostic and therapeutic advances.
Published Scientists unveil RNA-guided mechanisms driving cell fate
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The early stages of embryonic development contain many of life's mysteries. Unlocking these mysteries can help us better understand early development and birth defects, and help develop new regenerative medicine treatments. Researchers have now characterized a critical time in mammalian embryonic development using powerful and innovative imaging techniques.
Published Words matter: How researchers can avoid stigmatizing language
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source New research offers insights into how researchers can use their platforms to help end the use of stigmatizing language.
Published What marsupials can teach us about brain development
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Research has revealed features of early human brain development are mimicked in the brains of marsupials.
Published Forgetfulness, even fatal cases, can happen to anyone
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers set out to understand how and why forgetfulness can occur -- whether it be forgetting your cellphone or, even worse, forgetting your child in the backseat of the car. Researchers set up an experiment to better understand this lapse in what researchers call prospective memory, or the ability to remember critical but routine behaviors.
Published Losing sleep over losing sleep: how watching the clock impacts insomnia, use of sleep aids
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Watching the clock while trying to fall asleep exacerbates insomnia and the use of sleep aids, according to new research -- and a small change could help people sleep better.
Published 'Love hormone' guides young songbirds in choice of 'voice coach'
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Oxytocin, the so-called 'love hormone,' plays a key role in the process of how a young zebra finch learns to sing by imitating its elders, suggests a new study which add to the understanding of the neurochemistry of social learning.
Published Understanding the speed of brain communication
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Called the human connectome, this structural system of neural pathways develops as people age. A new study shows transmission speed among brain regions increases into early adulthood. Learning more about neuron transmission may improve the understanding of psychological disorders.
Published A special omega-3 fatty acid lipid will change how we look at the developing and aging brain
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists have found a lipid transporter crucial to regulating the cells that make myelin, the nerve-protecting sheath.
Published Gene responsible for severe facial defects identified
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Goldenhar syndrome is a rare congenital disease, affecting early fetal development. This syndrome includes malformations of varying severity, affecting different parts of the face. Its causes and modes of transmission are still poorly understood. An international collaboration has discovered that pathogenic variants of the FOXI3 gene -- responsible for the development of the ear -- cause one form of this developmental disorder. The scientists were also able to identify the modes of transmission of the disease when this particular gene is involved.
Published Machine learning model sheds light on how brains recognize communication sounds
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists studied guinea pigs' communication to understand how the brain recognizes communication sounds regardless of accents and surrounding noise.