Category Archives: Congenital disorders

Abstract Despite serious health and longevity problems, small brachycephalic breeds are becoming increasingly popular among pet owners. Motivations for choosing short-nosed breeds have been extensively investigated in recent years; however, this issue has been addressed mainly by relying on owner reports, resulting in explanations of “cute looks”, referring to the baby-schema phenomenon and “behaviour well […]

You are here: 21 September 2023 A national clinical consortium has joined forces to improve care outcomes for children born with congenital muscle disease, led by Monash University’s Professor Peter Currie.   Enabled by a $2.5million Medical Research Future Fund grant received in 2021, the ‘Australian functional Diagnostics platform for Advancing Personalised Treatment of Congenital Muscle […]

Abstract Objective To quantify the association between necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and neurodevelopmental disability (NDI) in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). Study design ELBW survivors born 2011–2017 and evaluated at 16–26 months corrected age in the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) ELBW Follow-Up Project were included. Logistic regression determined the adjusted relative […]

STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOS Protests and counter-protests | SaltWire Watch on YouTube: “Protests and counter-protests | SaltWire” Gaby Bourbara, general manager of Alexion Canada, provided the following opinion article. The arrival of a newborn can be so overwhelming, many Canadian parents are unaware of the potentially life-saving screening tests performed on their baby […]

With the new method, the cells in individual organs of animals can be genetically modified in a mosaic-like manner (symbol image generated with Midjourney). Credit: ETH Zurich One proven method for tracking down the genetic causes of diseases is to knock out a single gene in animals and study the consequences this has for the […]

Researchers suggested in a recent study that broad genetic testing could help safe millions of other children. The results of clinical trial were published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Data showed testing sick newborns full genetic blueprint is nearly twice as good at finding genetic problems or abnormalities compared to narrower, more […]

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