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Understanding Why Some Children Enjoy TV More Than Others

August 5, 2020
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Norwich, UK — Children’s own temperament could be driving the amount of TV they watch – according to new research from the University of East Anglia and Birkbeck, University of London. New...

Cell Antennas Lacking in Fragile X Syndrome, Study Finds

August 3, 2020
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San Antonio, TX — Structures called primary cilia – which act like TV antennas for cells to detect signals – are present in fewer numbers in mice born with Fragile X syndrome, according...

Leukemia Drug Shows the Potential to Treat Aggressive Paediatric Brain Cancer

July 23, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — Researchers affiliated with the University of São Paulo’s Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP-USP) in Brazil have demonstrated the potential of a leukaemia drug, arsenic trioxide,...

Autism Researchers Map Brain Circuitry of Social Preference

July 15, 2020
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Jupiter, FL — Some individuals love meeting new people, while others abhor the idea. For individuals with conditions such as autism, unfamiliar social interactions can produce negative emotions such...

New Treatment for Common Form of Muscular Dystrophy Shows Promise in Cells, Animals

June 30, 2020
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Edmonton, AB — Researchers have designed a potential new treatment for one of the most common forms of muscular dystrophy, according to a new study published today in the Proceedings of the National...

Babies with COVID-19 Tend to have Mild Illness, Mostly with Fever

June 22, 2020
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Chicago, IL — A report from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago shows that infants under 90 days of age who tested positive for COVID-19 tend to be well, with little or no...

Poor Sleep Significantly Linked with Teenage Depression

June 18, 2020
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Reading, UK — Teenagers who experience very poor sleep may be more likely to experience poor mental health in later life, according to a new study. In a paper published in the Journal of Child...

Kawasaki-Like Syndrome Linked to COVID-19 in Children is a New Condition

June 9, 2020
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London, UK — A study on children suffering from severe inflammatory symptoms shows the condition is new and distinct from Kawasaki disease. In April, researchers in the UK and several European...

Immune Cells Multiply and Diversify in Mouse Lungs at Birth

June 3, 2020
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Cambridge, UK — An explosion in the number and types of immune cells in the lungs of newborn mice likely helps them adapt to breathing and protects them from infection, says a new study published June...

Countering COVID-19 Impacts on Children From Low-Income Households

May 27, 2020
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Baltimore, MD — The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the social, educational and health care disparities already plaguing the nearly 40 million Americans the U.S. Census Bureau estimates are living...

Preclinical Study Offers Hope for Hirschsprung’s Disease

May 24, 2020
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Los Angeles, CA — Babies with Hirschsprung’s disease are born with an incomplete or absent gut nervous system. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles investigator Dr. Tracy Grikscheit, runs a...

Coronavirus Infection in Children — It May Not Start With a Cough

May 13, 2020
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Lausanne, Switzerland — Children suffering from sickness and diarrhoea, coupled with a fever or history of exposure to coronavirus, should be suspected of being infected with COVID-19, recommends a...

Paediatric Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) X-Ray, CT in Review of New Lung Disorders

May 12, 2020
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Leesburg, VA — Although the clinical symptoms of new paediatric lung disorders such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), swine-origin influenza A (H1N1), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS),...

Study Shows Drug Saves Lives of Kids Fighting Deadly Immune Disease

May 7, 2020
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Cincinnati, OH — After 20 years of trying, modern medicine remains unable to lower the roughly 40 percent mortality rate for the severe childhood immune disease called HLH (haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis),...

Molecular Basis of Rare Neurological Disorder Reveals Potential Treatment

May 4, 2020
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Chevy Chase, MD — Like people, neurons need to talk to one another. But instead of turning thoughts into words, these cells convert electrical signals into chemical ones. For nearly 30 years, biochemist Edwin...

Promising New Treatment for Recurrent Paediatric Brain Cancer

April 28, 2020
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Houston, TX — Two paediatric brain cancers that are challenging to treat if they recur, medulloblastoma and ependymoma, are the target of a clinical trial using a new type of therapy. A multi-institutional,...

Finding Genetic Ripple Effects in Single-Cell Environment

April 23, 2020
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Cincinnati, OH — Although advances in genetics and genomics reveal numerous disease-associated gene mutations, physicians and researchers still wrestle with the tricky challenge of linking those mutations...

COVID-19 Possibly Striking More Children Than Expected

April 20, 2020
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Tampa, FL — The number of children infected with the coronavirus is far more extensive than what is currently reported — a hidden detail that could vastly underestimate the demand on health care...

Mystery Solved, Rotavirus VP3 is a Unique Capping Machine

April 20, 2020
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Houston, TX — After eluding researchers for more than 30 years, the VP3 protein of rotavirus has finally revealed its unique structure and function to a team led by scientists at Baylor College of...

Premature Birth Linked to the Mother’s Vaginal Microbiome

April 8, 2020
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Lausanne, Switzerland — Pregnant women who deliver early are more likely to have a diverse community of vaginal bacteria, finds a new study published in Frontiers in Microbiology. These findings also...

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