A fluorescent embryo allows scientists to watch living cells organise themselves in real time, revealing processes previously ...

Detailed imaging of a 250-million-year-old fossil has revealed the first proof that the ancestors of mammals laid eggs. The ...

The peripheral nervous system begins to take shape long before birth. This crucial stage of human development can’t be ...

Summary: Can fear alone—without physical injury or radiation exposure—harm an unborn baby? A massive study of 1.1 million births says yes. By analyzing birth outcomes after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear ...

Fetal development is a critical stage with effects that can last throughout life. Yet, identifying the effects of maternal psychological stress on the fetus has been difficult, mainly because ...

A Florida IVF clinic is being sold amidst a lawsuit after a woman gave birth to a baby that was not genetically hers. The couple who gave birth to the child filed a lawsuit after genetic testing ...

A Florida IVF clinic is being sold amid its involvement in a lawsuit following an embryo mix up resulting in a woman giving birth to a baby not genetically hers. IVF Life Inc., located in Orlando, ...

The development of a child begins during pregnancy, when prenatal environmental factors and genetic influences interact to shape fetal development and long-term health outcomes. Increasing evidence ...