Court won’t hear sperm donor suit Oct 1, 2009
In 2006, Jane Doe sought the donor s identity so he could be required to pay child support and to provide updated genetic information because the twin girls had been diagnosed with ectodermal dysplasia, from which she claims the twins are suffering and for which genetic information from both parents may be helpful in treating. Ectodermal dysplasia is a group of conditions in which there is abnormal development of the skin, hair, nails, teeth, or sweat glands. (Boston Globe)
Skin-like Tissue Developed From Human Embryonic Stem Cells Jul 22, 2009
The first population forms the surface layer (ectodermal, the precursor to epithelial tissue), while the second is found beneath the surface layer (mesenchymal). Following the isolation and characterization of these cell populations, the researchers incorporated them into an engineered, three-dimensional tissue system where they were grown at an air-liquid interface to mimic their growth environment in the oral cavity. (Science Daily)
A paradigm shift in immune response regulation Mar 20, 2009
"We are happy that this basic scientific discovery may explain the detrimental effect of NEMO mutations in patients suffering from X-linked ectodermal dysplasia and immunodeficiency", Ivan Dikic points out. Ectodermal dysplasia is a hereditary disease, which affects 1 to 5 children in 10,000 newborn. (EurekAlert!)
School nurses enhance learning Feb 8, 2009
She told me she sees students with Diabetes, seizure disorders, ADHD, food allergies which require Epipens, Ectodermal Dysplasia (an inability to perspire), GERD, heart problems, rickets, sickle cell anemia, IBS, kidney problems, false eyes, 135 cases of asthma that often require treatment with a nebulizer or inhaler, Juvenile Arthritis, cancer and hemophilia. And of course there are your every day head lice, hygiene, broken bones, random vomiting and fevers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
