Sentences with phrase «from severe birth defects»

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At least seven new Yorkers, including one from Nassau, have been infected with the virus, which has been linked to a wide range of symptoms from flulike symptoms to severe birth defects when pregnant women are infected.

Prescribed as an antinausea drug for pregnant women in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it caused severe birth defects in as many as 10,000 children before it was yanked from the market.

But when Shinji Hirotsune and colleagues at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine accidentally disabled a pseudogene while making genetically modified mice, they found severe birth defects and a drastically limited life - span in offspring from the mutant animals.

They are to be used by pregnant women returning from Latin America and the Caribbean, where the virus may be to blame for severe birth defects.

Severe conformational changes have necessitated a high rate of artificial insemination and Caesarean sections and litter sizes tend to be small.5, 9 The breed ranks second in congenital disease and associated puppy mortality [5], due mainly to birth defects such as flat chests with splayed legs; anasarca (water babies) and cleft palate [6].10, 11 Although some English bulldogs enjoy reasonable health, their longevity is definitely affected by the degree of conformational change and inbreeding, which is reflected by lifespan estimates ranging from 3.2 to 11.3 years with a median of 8.4 years [7].