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Strange girl: Never knows pain
A girl who could not feel pain, urged scientists to learn about a gene mutation that affects how we perceive pain.
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New breakthrough in the treatment of congenital heart defects
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly every 40,000 American children born with congenital heart defects every year, nearly 1,000 babi…
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The man has a heart in the abdomen
A 24-year-old man in China suffers from a congenital heart defect located in the abdominal cavity, making him feel short of breath and tired when standing upright.
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Germany is about to recognize the third gender
From November 1, the country officially allows parents to fill in the gender section of their child's birth certificate
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5-month-old boy survived thanks to ... Viagra
Although only 50% chance of survival after birth, a 5-month-old Scottish boy is still resilient to death due to the support of a very special medicine - Viagra.
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Strange disease: She was born without an immune system
Nina has the appearance of a healthy child but her body is unable to resist any kind of bacteria, even the weakest. That means coughing or sneezing can kill you.
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Israel develops technology to help visually impaired people
A group of Israeli scientists from Bar-Ilan University has developed technology that can help innate blind people to see it, with the help of an electronic biological co…
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New findings related to testicular cancer, heart disease
Two separate studies of the human genome have found new clues to the genetic cause of testicular cancer and the non-hereditary cause of congenital heart disease.
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Pregnant women can transmit stress through the placenta
Pregnant women can transmit the effects of stress (stress) through the placenta. This effect is caused by a protein that has different effects on the developing brains o…
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Obese pregnant women are more prone to heart disease
Obese women can put their babies at risk of congenital cardiovascular disease: Infants often have early signs of heart disease at birth. One-third of women of childbeari…
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Gene therapy interventions can cure congenital deafness
The British Journal of Natural Medicine released Feb. 4, scientists at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in the United States have recovered some of t…
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Strange disease: She has giant cheeks
Girl Katie Renfroe, 4, has a rare congenital hypertrophy syndrome, causing some of her facial parts to be unusually large.
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Going to cure congenital olfactory loss?
For the first time in a laboratory a gene therapy has successfully restored olfactory ability in mice, opening new hopes for treating congenital olfactory loss or human…
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Find the recessive gene that causes congenital blindness
According to scientists, congenital blindness is a disease caused by recessive chromosomes through retinal degeneration and only about 70% of the causes are found, while…
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Deaf people use the auditory cortex
The new study, published in The Journal of Neuroscience, shows that deaf people use the so-called