There are no easy answers. But the debate has implications for decisions around abortion and fetal surgery (operations done in the womb to treat birth defects and other medical conditions).

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On Saturday, Putin declared a 30-hour unilateral ceasefire for the ongoing war in Ukraine, arguing that the halt's success or failure would show Kyiv's readiness and capacity to seek a peaceful ...

President Vladimir Putin has announced an unexpected and brief unilateral Easter truce in Russia’s war on Ukraine while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insists that Russian “assault ...

Putin’s unilateral move, to last for 30 hours, followed Washington’s announcement that it could abandon peace talks within days unless Moscow and Kyiv showed they were serious about negotiating.

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a genetic disorder whereby a large number of cysts develop primarily within the kidneys, but also in other organs. PKD can be autosomal dominant (one mutated ...

Putin's unilateral move, to last for 30 hours, followed Washington's announcement that it could abandon peace talks within days unless Moscow and Kyiv showed they were serious about negotiating. Putin ...

Oral infections are more likely to occur in people with chronic kidney disease and are more likely to become a significant problem. Proper dental care also benefits people on dialysis or those ...

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Finally, dexamethasone reduces Aurora kinase A levels, a factor driving cilia disassembly and implicated in the pathogenesis of polycystic kidney disease. In the fetal kidney, deletion of the ...

They also make hormones that help to regulate blood pressure, keep bones strong, and make red blood cells. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is when the kidneys are permanently damaged. CKD can progress to ...