Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi hou e loaʻa i nā poʻe me kahi maʻi ʻano ʻano like ʻole i kapa ʻia ʻo growth hormone receptor deficiency (GHRD), i kapa ʻia ʻo Laron syndrome, hiki ke hauʻoli i kekahi mau pono olakino olakino. ʻO kēia noiʻi, i paʻi ʻia ma ka puke pai ʻo Med ma ʻApelila 26, 2024, hoʻohui i kahi papa hou i ko mākou ʻike pehea e hiki ai i nā genetic mutations ke hoʻoikaika i ke olakino holoʻokoʻa, ʻoi aku ka olakino o ka naʻau.

After almost a decade of work and an almost detective-like search for cases around the world, an international consortium of doctors and scientists has identified a genetic cause of the most common nervous system malformation in newborns, myelomeningocele. This condition is the most serious form of spina bifida, a set of congenital defects in the nervous system that require surgery and cause lifelong disability.

Biologists have observed a Sumatran male orangutan using the sap and chewed leaves of a medicinal plant to treat an open wound on his face. While there has been previous evidence of self-medication behaviors in animals, it is the first known incident of an animal in the wild treating a wound with...