Sentences with phrase «brain defects»

It helps prevent spinal and brain defects in the baby.

Such effects might be strong enough to cause the baby's death, particularly if the baby has an underlying brain defect.

Zika appears to be most dangerous when transmitted from a pregnant mother to her fetus during the first trimester of pregnancy, increasing the likelihood of severe brain defects in the baby, including microcephaly.

Zika appears to target cells that make new neurons, a process thought to cause brain defects in babies and that may also put infected adults at risk of memory and mood disorders.

While Zika infections don't appear to be dangerous to most people, there is increasing concern over its suspected link to a surge in babies born with brain defects and abnormally small heads, particularly in Brazil and Colombia.

Zika is transmitted primarily through mosquito bites and has been linked to congenital microcephaly and other serious brain defects among babies born to mothers who had the virus.

Because the inflammatory cells stifle neuronal growth, some experts think that the microglia may be the real culprit behind radiation - induced brain defects.

Though the two datasets were collected using different measures and so aren't directly comparable, the findings bolster previous evidence suggesting that certain brain defects appear much more frequently in babies born to Zika - infected mothers.

In some case reports, infants who appeared normal at birth later developed brain defects, such as microcephaly and hydrocephalus.

This is shown by a recent study at the University of Bonn in which the researchers investigated the development of a rare congenital brain defect.

«New report details pre - and postnatal brain defects from Zika virus.»

Completely blocking BACE1 in previous mouse models has resulted in major brain defects, as the enzyme controls several fundamental developmental processes.

The studies add to the understanding of how the virus appears to be linked to the thousands of babies in Brazil who are being born with microcephaly, a condition marked by an abnormally small head and that appear to be accompanied by brain defects in many cases related to Zika.

But were there more subtle brain defects?

That's similar to buying an A-share mutual fund, which is something that you only do if you're suffering from sort of degenerative brain defect.

# 5.25 million claim against Queen's Medical Centre after radiologist fails to recognise brain defect

Babies are being born with severe brain defects, including microcephaly, or underdeveloped brains; lissencephaly, or smooth brains that lack normal folds; and hydrocephaly, areas in the brain that have died and shrunk, increasing the space for cerebrospinal fluid.

Coincidence or not, the Zica will be renamed as part of Tata's plan to revitalize its image and to avoid any association with a virus that might cause brain defects in babies.

When Rory McIlroy opted out of the Rio Olympics over fears of the mosquito - borne virus, Zika, which has links to brain defects in newborn babies, he shone a light on the concerns of travellers in general.

Brain defects.

Confirming the worst fears of many pregnant women in the United States and Latin America, U.S. health officials said there is no longer any doubt the Zika virus causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads and other severe brain defects.

The new work could provide an unprecedented window into the early stages of human brain development, a simple way to test pharmaceuticals on human brain tissue and a way to study the brain defects of individual patients, the study authors suggest.

«Cell death due to mutations in CEP63 is the main cause of the brain defects.

Damage to human chromosome 9 (of the cell's 24 pairs) where the gene that codes for E-NTPDase2 resides is known to cause eye and brain defects, such as microphthalmia — literally, small eyes.

Initial FDA approval was based primarily on studies from Europe suggesting the use of STAN technology was associated with both a reduction in the rate of neonatal acidemia, which is high acid in the blood that can lead to brain defects and a decrease in the rate of surgical delivery.

These babies are more likely to have brain defects, genital defects and heart defects because of overuse of ultrasound.

«Study Links Excess Vitamin A and Birth Defects» by Jane Brody appeared on the front page of the New York Times on October 7, 1995; on November 24, 1995, the Washington Times reported: «High doses of vitamin A linked to babies» brain defects.»

In fact, it's plausible that because of a brain defect, sometime in the future you'll have the memories you have now, even if in that future time you never lived those memories.