A new study in Nature shows that when pregnant mice don’t have enough iron, their (usually male) fetuses with a Y sex ...

In a news release, the university said the findings suggest inflammation in the brain could play a role in the relationship ...

Pregnant mothers’ high blood pressure linked to this increased risk in children - Gestational hypertension affects some 16 ...

A new study led by researchers at University of Iowa Health Care has revealed a significant association between high blood ...

High blood pressure during pregnancy increases the risk of seizures in children, warns new research. A "significant ...

Human–animal chimaeras are an exciting yet challenging area of research. Human cells are coaxed to grow in animal embryos, allowing researchers to study human tissue development. But the long-term ...

Chiral PCBs, such as PCB 95, are developmental neurotoxicants that undergo atropisomeric enrichment in nonpregnant adult mice. Because pregnancy is associated with changes in hepatic cytochrome P450 ...

Low iron levels can flip the genetic switch on a mouse's sex during development, causing XY embryos to grow female features.

The human brain, like the brain of other mammals, is known to start developing before birth, via a coordinated sequence of ...

Developmentally expressed genes play a fundamental role in the formation of a wide range of organs. The Y chromosome-located ...

According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, approximately 80% of lost pregnancies occur within the ...

In 2017, scientists at Cincinnati Children's revealed that using antibiotics to protect newborns from dangerous infections ...