New study by UC Santa Cruz team discovers that early pregnancy in mice reduces buildup of ‘confused’ cells that could lead to breast cancer later in life ...

New research suggests that exposure to a common “forever chemical” may interfere with the earliest stages of pregnancy. A new animal study suggests that perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a chemical used ...

Scientists worry the NIH banning funding for human fetal tissue research could prevent the development of life-saving ...

A new experimental study has found that perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a widely used industrial chemical, can interfere with ...

A pregnant woman and her family have been without hot water for more than two weeks at their Cleveland apartment, prompting ...

Donated placentas can be processed into thin, sterilised sheets that are packed with natural healing substances and reduce scarring when applied to wounds ...

A new study suggests that a naturally occurring compound made by healthy gut bacteria may help protect children from developing fatty liver disease later in life. Children whose mothers eat diets high ...

The findings shed new light on human reproduction and suggest pathways for developing treatments to lower the risk of ...

Research led by the SickKids Research Institute in Toronto and the University of Pennsylvania, has found that immune-related genes vary by location and cell type across the developing mouse brain ...

Gut microbes may play a key role in training a mother's immune system to adapt to the developing fetus during pregnancy, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The ...

A NEW mouse study suggests that severe sleep deprivation during early pregnancy could have lasting effects on daughters’ fertility by depleting their ovarian germ cell reserve through ferroptosis, an ...

The smell of bacon in pregnant mice’s low-fat diet was enough to make their pups gain extra weight later on. The study from Cologne, Germany, suggests that the smell of fatty food during pregnancy can ...