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...language makes it clear that in this case mercy is for monsters: it invites women to request pain relief for her baby, so that it will hurt less when, as the law states, "the unborn child's body parts are grasped at random with a long-toothed clamp. The fetal body parts are then torn off of the body and pulled out of the vaginal canal." The text notes that this concern for the unborn child's possible pain is in keeping with laws having to do with the humane slaughter of livestock and lab animals...
...region that changed most dramatically from chimps to humans, known as HAR1, turns out to be part of a gene that is active in fetal brain tissue only between the seventh and 19th weeks of gestation. Although the gene's precise function is unknown, that happens to be the period when a protein called reelin helps the human cerebral cortex develop its characteristic six-layer structure. What makes the team's research especially intriguing is that all but two of the HARs lie in those enigmatic functional noncoding regions of the genome, supporting the idea that much of the difference...
...origins of at least one type of autism - a strongly familial variety. They have detected aberrant antibodies in the blood of kids from families with a pattern of ASD and, significantly, in mothers with more than one autistic child. "These antibodies are actually raised against proteins in the fetal brain," says Amaral, who recently submitted a paper on the discovery. The working hypothesis is that these antibodies may alter brain development in ways that lead to autism. If correct, the finding could lead to a maternal blood test and the use of a therapy called plasmapheresis to clear antibodies from...
...Current fetal heart monitors send an ultrasound signal into a woman’s body and measure bounceback from the umbilical cord, a procedure that is cumbersome as well as “invasive and indirect,” Orenstein said. LONO’s technology tracks the fetal heart rate itself using acoustics to create a passive, safer, and much more mobile device than traditional Doppler ultrasound...
Orenstein said that the technology will be useful in high-risk pregnancies, although LONO also hopes to establish a home market for fetal heart monitors...