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Society for Developmental Biology, Developmental Biology Cinema, The Interactive Fly, The WWW Virtual Library: Developmental Biology.
http://sdb.bio.purdue.edu
Studies the causes and biological processes leading to abnormal development and birth defects, and appropriate measures for prevention.
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Teratology Society Society is a multidisciplinary scientific society founded in 1960, the members of which study the causes and biological processes leading to abnormal development and birth defects at the fundamental and clinical level, and appropriate measures for prevention. View mission statement...http://www.elsevier.com:80/inca/homepage/sah/isdb/menu.htm
OTIS provides fact sheets on a number of different hazards, and links to medical providers in the U.S. and Canada who provide free counseling for prospective parents and medical providers.
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Organization of Teratology Information Services ...The professional organisation for developmental biologists in the UK.
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/lifesciences/bsdb/
A non-profit organization offering a forum for clinical embryology, listing conferences, membership details, contacts for officers and international representatives, and link to professional societies.
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Alpha Scientists Home Page T to every corner of the globe. More recently there has been a dramatic explosion in biotechnology and molecular biology which now dominate its practice. The Alpha founders recognised that the establishment of clinical embryology with professional status and standards...Formed to understand the behavioral and neuronal alterations due to genetic and pre and neonatal environment, seeking to lessen the risks for teratologic occurrences. Includes educating scientists in methodology through their journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology and hosts an annual conference.
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Neurobehavioral Teratology Society Birth Defects, Neurotoxicology, Neuroscience Our purpose is to understand the behavioral and developmental alterations that result from genetic and environmental perturbations of the nervous system during the pre- and perinatal period. The Neurobehavioral Teratology Society was formed in 1977. Its purpose is to understand...Informal group of researchers from Scotland and Northern England, who share an interest in various aspects of developmental biology.
http://www.ed.ac.uk/~isimpson/sdbg/
Resource for gametogenesis, fertilization through to organogenesis and morphogenesis. Also relationship to gene regulation, evolution, diseases and congenital defects. Maintained by the Society for Developmental Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
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Society for Developmental Biology Biology is to further the study of development in all organisms and at all levels, to represent and promote communication among students of development, and to promote the field of developmental biology. News and Announcements 12 October 2005: A few...