The development of a child begins during pregnancy, when prenatal environmental factors and genetic influences interact to ...

A stylized representation of different stages of prenatal development in mice. Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory provided a critical level of precision necessary for the accurate computational ...

Significant differences in the gene activity of the fetal intestine, brain and placenta were identified, depending on the microbes in the mother's body and the compounds produced by them. The findings ...

Researchers have characterized, in exacting detail, the rapid series of events that transform a single fertilized cell into a living, complex being. The work not only has enabled the team to explore ...

A new study from Spain reveals that babies born to mothers exposed to higher air pollution levels in pregnancy show signs of slower brain myelination, a subtle but ...

Doctors explain why taking folic acid before pregnancy matters, how folate status affects fertility, and when to start ...

Alcohol exposure during early pregnancy often occurs before a woman realises she is pregnant. This article explains how ...

Research at Karlstad University shows that exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and adverse life events during ...

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

University of New Mexico researchers have found that even low to moderate alcohol use by pregnant patients may contribute to subtle changes in their babies' prenatal development, including lower birth ...