A new study shows that what happens to a fetus in the womb can affect the brain later in life. In a paper recently published in Human Brain Mapping, a team of researchers from the Quebec-based ...

The signals orchestrating the transformation of cells into the highly organized structures of embryos have remained hidden from observation inside the womb. Now, scientists have illuminated early ...

In utero exposure to two liquid ingredients in e-cigarettes – minus the nicotine that drives addiction – can alter skull shape during fetal development, a new study in mice has found. In a series of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Early in the Zika virus epidemic, Sarah B. Mulkey, MD, PhD, a prenatal-neonatal neurologist at Children’s ...

Having explored how the heart is formed in utero, a researcher is reporting how cells and molecules act during that early formation and what might cause the heart disease called left ventricular ...

Circumstantial and direct evidence, including a review of twin and backtracking studies, demonstrate potential prenatal development of acute childhood leukemias. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and ...

The centuries-old mystery of why babies kick their mamas in the gut has finally been solved, according to a new peer-reviewed study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Climate disasters may be leaving invisible imprints on developing brains before birth, according to new research from The City University of New York Graduate Center (CUNY Graduate Center) and Queens ...

There is evidence that babies begin learning in the womb? Before she is even born, your baby has already been exposed to many opportunities for language learning. Language learning begins in the womb.

A first in-human, phase I trial examined feasibility as well as safety ...

Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little recently signed a law requiring public schools to teach students about human development in the womb. Last week, Little signed the bill, which passed in the Idaho ...