Maternal prenatal stress related to natural and human-made disasters can lead to epigenetic modifications in offspring, ...

Folic acid, also known as vitamin B9, is an important B-vitamin with many vital functions in the human body. It was discovered in the early 1930s when an English scientist isolated a compound from ...

At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses into the lining of the uterus ...

In a study led by researchers from Mass General Brigham, children with more adverse prenatal exposures (APEs) showed higher ...

Food additives eaten during pregnancy can change gut bacteria and raise later inflammation and weight gain risk, even without ...

Dr. Gil Mor discusses sex-specific placental responses and long-term immune alterations from prenatal virus exposure.

The new analysis study showed the delay may stem from genetic mutations that are present when a child is born – but activate ...

Common fast food meals often carry dangerous levels of plastics that leach from packaging and equipment into the food itself. A Daily Mail graphic showcases the worst offenders.

From flies landing on food to the retraction of the controversial arsenic-life paper, these tales of microscopic critters ...

For the first time, clinicians have access to a clear, evidence-based roadmap for adjusting antiseizure medication doses during pregnancy and after childbirth.

Scientists have recreated the human womb lining in the lab, revealing how embryos implant and survive after fertilisation, ...

Then researchers placed blastoids and embryos donated after infertility treatments inside the little device and watched it ...