Polyvalvular Dysplasia and Vascular Abnormalities in a Neonate With an Variant.

There is growing appreciation for inherited structural heart diseases and their genetic causes. One causal gene for congenital cardiac and vascular lesions is which encodes a critical protein for cytoskeletal and extracellular matrix development. A newborn infant male, with prenatally diagnosed polyvalvular dysfunction, presented with low cardiac output and postnatally detected aortic arch hypoplasia and coarctation.

Effects of Microcystis on development of early life stage Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes): Comparative toxicity of natural blooms, cultured Microcystis and microcystin-LR.

Freshwater cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs) caused by algae in the genus Microcystis have been increasing in frequency and severity in recent decades. Microcystis blooms threaten aquatic organisms through effects associated with the rapid increase of biomass and the production of the hepatotoxin microcystin (MC) by toxic strains. Among fish, effects of blooms are likely to be more severe for early life stages, and physiological impacts on this life stage could significantly impact recruitment and fish populations.