FDA Advisors Grapple With Logistical, Ethical Issues of Artificial Womb Technology
While members of the FDA Pediatric Advisory Committee (PAC) said much of the existing artificial womb technology (AWT) research is promising, they noted that the logistical and ethical concerns previously raised by the agency’s staff members are complicated. The committee did not vote during their 2-day meeting this week. Further discussion about first-in-human trials for […]
Researchers link 27 genetic variants to ADHD
Why do some people get ADHD, while others do not? And how early in life or in the womb is the seed of ADHD sown? Researchers from Aarhus University have come closer to answering this question in a large study, which has just been published in the journal Nature Genetics. Together with national and international […]
When it comes to communication skills, maybe we’re born with it? Neuroscientists find brain matter makeup in infancy is linked to children’s degree of language skills at five years old
From inside the womb and as soon as they enter the world, babies absorb information from their environment and the adults around them, quickly learning after birth how to start communicating through cries, sounds, giggles, and other kinds of baby talk. But are a child’s long-term language skills shaped by how their brain develops during […]