A research team showed that, contrary to current models, one early embryonic cell dominates lineages that will become the fetus. “They are not identical,” said Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, a ...

A new study maps how prenatal stress alters immune signalling in the developing brain at a level of detail not seen before ...

In a recent study published in the journal Science Immunology, researchers profile the origins and subsequent differentiation of embryonic and fetal immune cells during human lung development. Study: ...

A controversial bill on its way to Gov. Mike Braun’s desk would require Hoosier students in sex education classes to view video of an ultrasound and computer renderings of the stages of fetal ...

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

Many in the medical community believe there’s clear evidence that a fetus – a developing baby in the womb – can’t feel physical pain until after the 24th week (6th month) of pregnancy. But other ...