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This protein may be new weapon against cancer, birth defects

Here is what researchers discovered.

15 Nov 2017 4:14 AM GMT

An Aedes aegypti mosquito known to carry the Zika virus, is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. (Photo: AP)

Mutation in Zika virus in 2013 led to birth defects, study finds

The mutation in one of its structural proteins, called pRM, is believed to have arisen prior to the 2013 outbreak in...

29 Sep 2017 2:41 AM GMT

Keto diet helps people shed kilos by forcing their body to burn fat for energy (Photo: AFP)

Women who stick to low carb diets like Keto more likely to have baby...

Research revealed that women who stick to such diets have a 30 percent higher chance of having children with neural tube...

25 Jan 2018 12:48 PM GMT

The impact of particulate matter on birth defects varied based on how far women lived from air quality monitoring stations. (Photo: Pixabay)

Air pollution around conception tied to birth defects

Women who breathe polluted air during the month right before or after they get pregnant may have babies with birth...

4 Jan 2018 5:14 AM GMT

The p53 gene, a gene that is known to prevent cancer, has been discovered to play a pivotal role in healthy neural tube development. (Photo:Representational/Pixabay)

Prevent birth defects with this cancer-fighting gene

Study finds cancer-fighting gene p53 helps to prevent birth defects.

10 April 2019 11:47 AM GMT

The studies also show that air pollution can impair metabolic and immune systems in animal offspring, but the recent study shows definitive proof of decreased fetal survival rates, and also shortened gestation rates. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Air pollution can cause birth defects

Severe air pollution can cause severe birth defects, say researchers.

29 May 2019 2:00 PM GMT

Pregnancy normally lasts about 40 weeks, and babies born after 37 weeks are considered full term. (Photo: Pixabay)

Prenatal vitamin D tied to lower risk of underweight babies and birth...

Mothers who took vit D during pregnancy were 28 pc less likely to have underweight newborns or babies who died in womb...

30 May 2018 2:47 AM GMT

E-cigarettes or vaping is considered a one-way bridge to increasing the number of smokers to smoke regular cigarettes. (Photo: Pixabay)

E-cig smoke may cause similar facial birth defects as smoking...

Research carried out by Virginia Commonwealth University, found flavoured e-cigarettes caused particularly severe facial...

26 March 2018 4:35 AM GMT

Human tissues exposed to either drug for one week in a dish had reduced numbers of cells that give rise to sperm and eggs (Photo: AFP)

Antiepileptic drugs could lead to birth defects

Some of the most common birth defects are caused by a neural tube that fails to close completely.

2 May 2018 3:06 PM GMT

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New way to attack herpesviruses found

Human cytomegalovirus is a leading cause of birth defects and transplant failures.

29 Aug 2018 3:21 AM GMT

The family also receives nasty comments on her appearance (Photo: Facebook)

Girl born without face defies all odds, lives to celebrate 9th...

Even as doctors asked parents to prepare for her funeral when she was born, the family remained determined to give the...

31 Aug 2017 2:14 PM GMT

He was left with his grandmother by parents (Photo: YouTube)

Baby in Thailand abandoned by parents has a 2 inch cavity in his head

The baby's skull was fractured in a procedure to drain fluids from his abnormally large head.

29 Aug 2017 10:33 AM GMT