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Researchers report a key breakthrough to help protect newborns from brain damage

Oxygen deprivation can be the worst start to a newborn's life, resulting in brain damage, epilepsy, developmental delays and death.

23 Jun 2020

Remote continuous monitoring easily, effectively detects seizures in at-risk neonates

A team of researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has demonstrated how to easily and effectively monitor for seizures in newborn infants, catching more instances than typical methods and improving the quality of care for infants in hospitals that lack the on-site resources to detect these seizures.

22 Jun 2020

C-Path's Transplant Therapeutics Consortium receives positive FDA response for its Letter of Intent

Critical Path Institute announced today that its Transplant Therapeutics Consortium has received a positive response to its Letter of Intent from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration detailing the decision to accept the Composite Biomarker Panel (iBox Scoring System) into the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) Biomarker Qualification Program.

17 Jun 2020

Study shows how brain synapses change over the course of life

Why do children think and behave differently from adults? Why do we become forgetful in old age? Researchers have shown for the first time how the connections between the brain's nerve cells, the synapses, change over the course of life, and likely affect our processing of information.

15 Jun 2020

Researchers report the prevalence of COVID-19 infections in pregnant women

Universal testing of pregnant women admitted to labor and delivery units is part of a multipronged approach to reducing transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19 in hospitals and clinics.

15 Jun 2020

COVID-19 transmission from mother to baby during pregnancy is uncommon

Transmission of COVID-19 from mother to baby during pregnancy is uncommon, and the rate of infection is no greater when the baby is born vaginally, breastfed or allowed contact with the mother, according to a new study.

15 Jun 2020

Early respiratory distress syndrome caused by SARS-CoV-2 in a newborn

A recent case report from the researchers at the University of São Paulo, published in the journal CLINICS, shows how newborns can also be infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and develop serious symptoms, even though the most likely route of infection in such cases is still not completely clear.

14 Jun 2020

GlobalData: COVID-19 effects on pregnancy remain uncertain and debatable

A recent research study showed that for 16 COVID19 positive women there were evidences that their placentas had blood clots and indications of abnormal blood flow from the mother to the baby with most of the women having normal pregnancies.

12 Jun 2020

German researchers recommend early screening and treatment for spinal muscular atrophy

The advent of therapeutic interventions for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has increased the importance of presymptomatic diagnosis and treatment. When to start treatment in children with less severe disease remains controversial.

11 Jun 2020

New methods to study the impacts of puberty suppression in brains of transgender youth

A new set of expert consensus-based recommendations lays out how best to study possible neurodevelopmental impacts of pubertal suppression treatment in transgender youth.

11 Jun 2020

Exposure to flame retardant impacts paternal reproduction

A new study from the University of Georgia has shown that exposure to a now-banned flame retardant can alter the genetic code in sperm, leading to major health defects in children of exposed parents.

9 Jun 2020

56 percent of pregnant women in UK hospitals with COVID-19 are BAME

According to a new national surveillance study released this week, over half of the pregnant women admitted to a hospital in the United Kingdom with COVID-19 are either black or belong to other ethnic minority groups.

8 Jun 2020

New insights into how parenteral oil emulsions prevent liver disease in preterm babies

Infants born prematurely may require parenteral or intravenous nutrition to provide the necessary nourishment, as their digestive system is immature and cannot digest nutrients.

4 Jun 2020

Intranasal delivery of MSC-EVs shows promise for treating Alzheimer's disease

In the search for a cure for Alzheimer's disease, mesenchymal stem cells and their derived extracellular vesicles (MSC-EVs) offer much promise, thanks to their protective and anti-inflammatory properties.

4 Jun 2020

Efforts to curb congenital syphilis falter in COVID’s shadow

U.S. public health officials are closer to identifying a road map for curbing the rising rates of syphilis infections in newborn babies, but with so many resources diverted to stopping the spread of COVID-19, many fear the rate of deadly infections will only get worse.

4 Jun 2020

Newborn screening guidelines updated for critical congenital heart disease

A distinguished panel of medical experts, state and federal health officials, and congenital heart disease parent advocates published recommended updates to the current American Academy of Pediatrics' protocol for detecting critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) in newborn babies using pulse oximetry.

4 Jun 2020

Newborn News and Research

Researchers report a key breakthrough to help protect newborns from brain damage

Remote continuous monitoring easily, effectively detects seizures in at-risk neonates

C-Path's Transplant Therapeutics Consortium receives positive FDA response for its Letter of Intent

Study shows how brain synapses change over the course of life

Researchers report the prevalence of COVID-19 infections in pregnant women

COVID-19 transmission from mother to baby during pregnancy is uncommon

Early respiratory distress syndrome caused by SARS-CoV-2 in a newborn

GlobalData: COVID-19 effects on pregnancy remain uncertain and debatable

German researchers recommend early screening and treatment for spinal muscular atrophy

New methods to study the impacts of puberty suppression in brains of transgender youth

Exposure to flame retardant impacts paternal reproduction

56 percent of pregnant women in UK hospitals with COVID-19 are BAME

New insights into how parenteral oil emulsions prevent liver disease in preterm babies

Intranasal delivery of MSC-EVs shows promise for treating Alzheimer's disease

Efforts to curb congenital syphilis falter in COVID’s shadow

Newborn screening guidelines updated for critical congenital heart disease

Study shows Sofosbuvir alleviates COVID-19-related neurological symptoms

Explosion of immune cells in mouse lungs after birth may help protect against infections

CSL Behring and Seattle Children's partner to develop gene therapies for primary immunodeficiency diseases

Researchers design developmental map of sound-sensing structure in mice’s inner ear

Event guide: 4th Extra-Hepatic Lipid-Based Nanoparticles Delivery Summit eBook

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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