Children with Down syndrome don’t appreciate brittle or gooey foods; they favour items with a crispy, greasy feeling. According to study from Washington State University that was published in the Journal of Texture Studies, those preferences can result in a diet that is less nutrient-dense. Trisomy 21, sometimes referred to as Down syndrome or Down’s […]
Metformin, a commonly used Diabetes drug has been linked to crucial birth defects
According to a new study recently released from Denmark, commonly used diabetes drugs have been linked to crucial birth defects in the offspring of male patients who were taking it ahead of the babies being conceived. Around 120 million people are said to have been prescribed the drug across the globe. Metformin is one the […]
Researchers uncovered a new way to clarify unsolved Mendelian diseases
A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) led by Assistant Professor Xue Shifeng from the Department of Biological Sciences in collaboration with A*STAR, Yale-NUS, and Aix-Marseille University, and published in Nature Communications, the team discovered a new way to interpret unsolved Mendelian diseases. Mendelian diseases are inherited from either parent due to […]
In order to check for birth defects linked to the COVID-19 vaccine, scientists have now analysed ultrasounds
A recent study from Northwestern Medicine that was published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics revealed no link between the immunisation and birth abnormalities that can be seen on ultrasound. Birth abnormalities occur 3 to 5% of births in the United States, and the initial COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials excluded pregnant women, which led many patients […]
Pregnancy-related usage of medications for epilepsy and migraines can result in birth abnormalities
A study recently published open-access journal PLOS Biology by Bill Keyes of the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology, France, and colleagues reveals one reason why: valproic acid (VPA) puts some cells of the developing nervous system into senescence, a kind of halted state that keeps them from growing and dividing correctly. VPA […]
