UT Hosts Conference on Neural Tube Defects
This week Austin hosts the 7th International Conference on Neural Tube Defects.
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Study Links Pollutants to a 450 Percent Increase in Risk of Birth Defects
Pesticides and pollutants are related to an alarming 450 percent increase in the risk of spina bifida and anencephaly in rural China.Model for Angelman Syndrome Developed
AUSTIN, Texas—A model for studying the genetics of Angelman syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes mental retardation and other symptoms in one out of 15,000 births, has been developed by biologists at The University of Texas at Austin. Their research demonstrates that when a particular fruit fly gene, dube3a, is altered, the mutant flies s...Read It Now
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