Ucwaningo lwakamuva luphakamisa ukuthi abantu abanesimo sofuzo esingavamile esaziwa ngokuthi ukukhula kwe-hormone receptor deficiency (GHRD), okubuye kubizwe ngokuthi yi-Laron syndrome, bangase bajabulele izinzuzo ezithile zezempilo zenhliziyo nemithambo yegazi. Lolu cwaningo, olushicilelwe kumagazini i-Med ngo-Ephreli 26, 2024, lwengeza ungqimba olusha ekuqondeni kwethu ukuthi ukuguqulwa kofuzo kungayithinta kanjani impilo iyonke, ikakhulukazi impilo yenhliziyo.

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...