Tag: "paternity" at medical news
Katie Holmes in 'most Influential' Celebs List
...lywood's most controversial tragedies' following a paternity
dispute between Howard K Stern and Larry Birkhead, which was put to rest months later, when DNA tests proved Birkhead was her dad. Producer/reality TV actor Simon Cowell, Carrie Underwood and model/TV host Heidi Klum were the top three entertainers...
Posh Hits Out at Eddie Murphy for His Callous Treating of Mel B
...e former Spice Girls member on air, and demanded a paternity
test after Mel B announced that she is expecting his child. In June this year, a DNA test proved that the actor is Mel Bs baby dad....
Eddie Murphy Voted Worlds Biggest Love-Rat
...o prove the singers child Angel Iris Murphy Browns paternity
and it was found that he was the dad. The actor has been rumoured to date Whitney Houston before meeting his wife Nicole Mitchell. Following his divorce from Mitchell, he dated Melanie Brown and is now dating film producer Tracey Edmonds, The s...
Researchers Document First Case of Virgin Birth in Sharks
...he, used a DNA fingerprinting method akin to human paternity
tests. The technique was determined to identify the mother. When they deducted the mother's input from the pups DNA to determine the father, to their surprise there was nothing left. "In this particular case, after we subtracted the mother's DNA,...
A Patented Device for Rapid Diagnosis of Diseases
...terest is in the forensic field, medical tests for paternity
or even prenatal diagnosis. In this way, Ikerlan-IK4 and Gaiker-IK4 researchers have focused on colorectal cancer in order to achieve, within a period of three years, a reliable method of detection and prognosis of the stage of the disease. Thi...
Male Fish Cannibalize Its Own Offspring Than Female
...nd previous findings suggesting that confidence of paternity
is a key factor in determining a male's behavior toward his offspring, including whether or not to eat them." Predicted by theory, this pattern had never previously before been demonstrated. Studying Telmatherina sarasinorum, a small, colorful fis...
Child Rearing May Make Men Smarter
...vide new dads with the ammo needed to extend their paternity
Fatherhood gets into the head
...ity study aimed at understanding the influences of paternity
on the brain, delved into the primate world, based on the strength of their close// resemblance with humans. Tiny monkeys called marmosets, whose brains are pretty complex, have lent a valuable insight into how fatherhood can actually instigate cha...
Women Unaware Of Breast Cancer History On Paternal Family Side
...ormation (as opposed to lack of information) about paternity
should not affect the maternal– paternal ratio. Writing in the article, John M. Quillin, PhD, suggests, "The most likely explanation for these findings may be under-reporting of breast cancer on the paternal side. Future studies are needed to look ...
Can Men Gauge Biological Paternity Accurately
...s differs across cultures and to what extent men's paternity
assessments reflect actual biological paternity
is not well known. The author says that paternity
confidence has important implications for a man's ...
Decline in Paternity Rates Following Treatment for Testicular Cancer
...urnal of the National Cancer Institute, shows that paternity
rates of testicular cancer patients declined after... Researchers from Norway assessed post-treatment paternity
among long-term survivors of testicular cancer whose treatment had followed a modern management appr...
Scientists Awarded Appropriately For Contribution Towards Medical Research
...been used in solving criminal cases, settlement of paternity
issues and identification of dead bodies of soldiers. Southern, in the mid 1970s, devised a now-standard lab technique that allows scientists to detect specific bits of genetic code within an organism's overall DNA. The technique has now achieved th...
The question of who is the actual father
...s been thrown to light with the wide spread use of paternity
testing for medical // and legal reasons. A majority of the tests are instigated at the demand of the Child Support Agency to resolve who should be paying child maintenance. Others are done to investigate inherited health disorders and social reaso...