Microcephaly



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    North American Riding for the Handicapped Association Honors ... 24 Nov 2005
    ...the Year. Born with microcephaly and diagnosed with intellectual disability, Wolf started riding when he was five years old. In ...
    - United States Equestrian Federation,

    Follow the DNA Nov 13, 2005
    Ongoing Adaptive Evolution of ASPM, a Brain Size Determinant in Homo sapiens." Since "ASPM" stands for "Abnormal SPindle-like Microcephaly-associated," both of ...
    - Dallas Morning News (subscription),

    Sealing mother-daughter connection Nov 19, 2005
    ...''We have this 14-month-old girl," he said. Tanicka Martinez was born with a small head, a condition known as microcephaly. Doctors ...
    - Boston Globe,

    Callous thieves steal 'ambulance' Nov 18, 2005
    ...special anchor straps that helped the couple to more easily manoeuvre 14-year-old Abigail Dunn, who suffers from cerebral palsy and microcephaly, in and out of ...
    - Biggleswade Today,

    Concern as hospice funding slashed Nov 11, 2005
    For the past eight years, the youngster, who is blind and suffers from spastic quadriplegia, epilepsy, microcephaly (a defect in the growth of the brain), and ...
    - East Anglian Daily Times,

    Is the Human Brain Still Evolving? Some Scientists Think So Oct 31, 2005
    Scientists looked at changes in two genes related to the size of the brain. These two genes do not work right in people with microcephaly. ...
    - Voice of America

    Genes suggest human brain still evolving Nov 4, 2005
    ...connected to brain size. If those genes don’t work, babies are born with severely small brains, called microcephaly. Using DNA samples ...
    - Standard-Speaker,

    Blind children group gives families hope Nov 1, 2005
    ...of Phoenix, learned about the foundation shortly after the birth of their third child, Caroline, who has a medical condition known as microcephaly, as well as ...
    - Arizona Republic,

    A place of hope Nov 3, 2005
    ...that Caroline's brain had stopped growing at 20 weeks gestation, which caused her to have a small head, a medical condition known as microcephaly, as well as ...
    - Arizona Republic,

    BBC Show Examines Indonesian "Hobbit" Controversy Sep 23, 2005
    ...year a previously unknown species of human, Homo floresiensis, or were they the benighted remains of a modern human with the condition microcephaly, a disorder ...
    - Blogcritics.org

    Human Brain Is Still Evolving Sep 9, 2005
    Their analyses focused on detecting sequence changes in two genes - Microcephalin and “abnormal spindle-like microcephaly associated� (ASPM) - across ...
    - RxPG NEWS

    The evolving human brain Sep 9, 2005
    Recessive loss-of-function mutations in the genes Microcephalin and ASPM (abnormal spindle-like microcephaly associated) cause the disorder primary microcephaly ...
    - Scientist

    Human Brain Still Evolving Sep 8, 2005
    The scientists make their claim based on the recent evolutionary history of two genes -- microcephalin and abnormal spindle-like microcephaly-associated (ASPM ...
    - Forbes

    Human brain still evolving, study finds Sep 8, 2005
    ...evolution in humans among numerous genes, including one called Microcephalin and another called ASPM (for "abnormal spindle-like microcephaly-associated") that ...
    - Scripps Howard News Service

    Researchers says Hobbit was human Sep 24, 2005
    Jacob and other researchers say the condition the female suffered from was microcephaly, characterized by a small brain, but it can also be associated with ...
    - PhysOrg.com

    Genetic Analysis Suggests Human Brain Is a Work-in-Progress Sep 11, 2005
    When these genes malfunction, the result is a condition called primary microcephaly, in which brain size is severely diminished. ...
    - Scientific American

    Are Human Brains Still Evolving? Brain Genes Show Signs of ... Sep 8, 2005
    ...evolving.". Downsized. When mutated, brain genes cause microcephaly in humans (normal infant brain, left; microcephalic brain, right). But ...
    - Science Magazine (subscription)

    Human brain likely still evolving, scientists say Sep 8, 2005
    ...evolution in humans among numerous genes, including one called microcephalin and another called ASPM (for "abnormal spindlelike microcephaly associated") that ...
    - Winston-Salem Journal

    Evolution of Human Brain Ongoing Sep 9, 2005
    Their analyses focused on detecting sequence changes in two genes -- microcephalin and abnormal spindle-like microcephaly associated (ASPM) -- across different ...
    - Daily News Central

    The evolving human brain Sep 12, 2005
    Recessive loss-of-function mutations in the genes Microcephalin and ASPM (abnormal spindle-like microcephaly associated) cause the disorder primary microcephaly ...
    - Borsa-Italia.Net

    Ongoing Adaptive Evolution of ASPM, a Brain Size Determinant in ... Sep 8, 2005
    The gene ASPM (abnormal spindle-like microcephaly associated) is a specific regulator of brain size, and its evolution in the lineage leading to Homo sapiens ...
    - Science Magazine (subscription)

    Birth defects Sep 18, 2005
    ...by German measles include: cataracts/congenital glaucoma, congenital heart disease, loss of hearing, blindness, jaundice, bleeding, microcephaly and mental ...
    - Manila Bulletin

    Toward Magnetic Spintronics Sep 8, 2005
    Mutations in the genes Microcephalin and ASPM (abnormal spindle-like microcephaly associated) in humans correlate with microcephaly. ...
    - Science Magazine (subscription)

    Lifesaving surgeon is a hero Sep 5, 2005
    ...to connect with the world-renowned Dr. Benjamin Carson who, after reviewing the MRIs and CAT scans, diagnosed Luke right away: microcephaly and craniosynostosis ...
    - Akron Beacon Journal

    Genes suggest human brain still evolving Sep 8, 2005
    ...connected to brain size. If those genes don’t work, babies are born with severely small brains, called microcephaly. Using DNA samples ...
    - Newsweek

    Brain genes evolving, study finds Sep 8, 2005
    The Chicago researchers began their study with two genes that came to light because they are disabled in a disease called microcephaly, in which people are ...
    - International Herald Tribune

    Is brain still developing? Sep 8, 2005
    One called abnormal spindle-like microcephaly, or ASPM, first appeared 6,000 years and is now found in 30 percent of the population. ...
    - Newsday

    Brain May Still Be Evolving, Studies Hint Sep 8, 2005
    ...researchers began their study with two genes, known as microcephalin and ASPM, that came to light because they are disabled in a disease called microcephaly. ...
    - New York Times

    Human brain still evolving, gene-tracking study suggests Sep 8, 2005
    ...to brain size. If those genes don't work, babies are born with severely small brains, called microcephaly. For the microcephalin ...
    - Houston Chronicle

    Scientists: Human brain still evolving Sep 9, 2005
    The other gene, ASPM (abnormal spindlelike microcephaly-associated), arose about 5,800 years ago, around the time of writing and the first civilization in ...
    - Seattle Times

    Evolving brains may make humans smarter, studies find Sep 9, 2005
    The other gene, ASPM (abnormal spindle-like microcephaly-associated), arose about 5,800 years ago, right around the time of writing and the first civilization ...
    - Detroit Free Press

    Human Brains Are Getting Larger, More Complex, Scientists Say Sep 9, 2005
    ...papers. ASPM stands for Abnormal, Spindle-like Microcephaly Associated. Mutations of either gene can cause reduced brain size. ``For ...
    - Bloomberg

    Human brains enjoy ongoing evolution Sep 9, 2005
    Both regulate brain size - people carrying a non-functioning mutant copy of these genes suffer microcephaly, where they have a normally structured brain that ...
    - New Scientist (subscription)

    Human brain's growth spurt continues apace Sep 9, 2005
    ASPM. People with mutated, inactive versions of these genes have very small brains - a condition called microcephaly. Comparing ...
    - Sydney Morning Herald (subscription)

    Our Minds May Not Be Made Up, Studies Say Sep 10, 2005
    ...connected to brain size. If those genes don't work, babies are born with small brains, called microcephaly. Using DNA samples from ...
    - Los Angeles Times

    Evolution of the Human Brain Still Underway Sep 9, 2005
    The other gene, ASPM (abnormal spindle-like microcephaly-associated), arose only about 5,800 years ago, right around the time of writing and the first ...
    - Daily News Central

    Human Brain Continues To Evolve And Grow Sep 9, 2005
    The scientists looked at the evolutionary history of two genes -- microcephalin and abnormal spindle-like microcephaly-associated (ASPM) -- which appear to ...
    - MedIndia

    Human brain may still be evolving Sep 10, 2005
    ...connected to brain size. If these genes do not code properly, babies are born with microcephaly, or very small brains. Using DNA samples ...
    - myDNA.com

    Toxic gumbo Sep 10, 2005
    The studies focus on two specific genes, microencephalin and ASPM, both of which cause primary microcephaly, a condition whereby the brain is severely stunted. ...
    - Ars Technica

    Additional Hurricane Relief Opportunities and Resources Sep 9, 2005
    Leonard lived with his granddaughter, India, who has cerebral palsy and microcephaly and is without the medical equipment she used on a daily basis. ...
    - JazzTimes Magazine

    New Orleans photogs give much, need more Sep 9, 2005
    That included medical equipment for his granddaughter, India, who requires 24-hour care because of her cerebral palsy and microcephaly. ...
    - Newark Star Ledger

    Fund Established to Help New Orleans Photog Herman Leonard and ... Sep 6, 2005
    Leonard's granddaughter India, who requires around-the-clock care as a result of cerebral palsy and microcephaly, a condition in which her brain is ...
    - Photo District News (subscription)

    Renowned neurosurgeon stresses can-do attitude Sep 15, 2005
    ...talents. Luke Laukhart, 6, suffered from microcephaly and craniosynostosis, conditions that caused his brain to lose circulation. ...
    - Akron Beacon Journal

    'I touched and smelled hell'31 Jul 2005
    Dozens of babies who had been in their mothers' wombs when the bomb exploded were born with microcephaly - abnormally small heads. ...
    - The Age (subscription)

    Digital evidence service wins first fourJul 28, 2005
    ...and Partners Solicitors used VisualAid to help win a case involving a young girl diagnosed with having spastic quadriplegia, microcephaly, recurrent chest and ...
    - Legal IT

    The long and short of itJul 25, 2005
    Teuku Jacob, of Indonesia’s Gadjah Mada University, who, doubting the hype, claimed the body was related to the local pygmy population and had microcephaly. ...
    - AustralianDoctor.com (subscription)

    Small-time skullduggeryJul 18, 2005
    ...arguing that the Flores pygmies were modern humans and that the skull of the female was small because the woman had suffered from microcephaly, a condition in ...
    - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

    A MUST READ and FORWARD : The Tiny Victims of Desert StormJul 6, 2005
    ...babies so far, is tracking four more possible clusters--of victims of hypoplastic left heart syndrome, of atrial-septal heart defect, of microcephaly and of ...
    - Axis of Logic

    Mom featured in 'Forever Parent ... Forever Child' dies of cancer ...Jul 6, 2005
    Kozar spoke openly about her battle with brain and lung cancer and her need to set a secure future for Hannah, who has cerebral palsy, microcephaly and mental ...
    - Amarillo.com (Subscription)




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