It is known that the antiepileptic drug valproate increases the risk of developmental disorders in unborn children. A study conducted by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the Heidelberg ...

Fetal growth restriction may affect babies' heart rate, pain response, brain structure, growth and early development long ...

A team of more than 200 researchers around the world, involving multiple health and scientific institutions, led by the University of Oxford, has published the first digital atlas showing the dynamics ...

Single-cell technologies are redefining the molecular signatures of canonical cell types and identifying new cell types and cell states in organs and tissues 1,2. Specifically, single-cell RNA ...

Injured adult tendons heal fibrotically and possess high re-injury rates, whereas fetal tendons appear to heal scarlessly. However, knowledge of fetal tendon wound healing is limited due in part to ...

Researchers mapped 442,239 single nuclei from nonfailing human hearts to chart how cardiac cells change from fetal ...

Brain development, especially before birth, is crucial to one’s mental health later in life. We know from previous research that disturbed development in the womb is linked to disorders such as autism ...

A new study reveals that air pollution significantly damages the placenta, restricting fetal growth and increasing pregnancy ...