A balanced maternal diet throughout gestation is essential for optimal fetal development in beef cattle. Nutritional inputs not only determine immediate outcomes such as fetal weight and organ ...

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

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

A new study shows oxygenation levels in the placenta, formed during the last three months of fetal development, are an important predictor of cortical growth (development of the outermost layer of the ...

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 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Iowa schools would have to show ultrasound videos and computer-generated graphics on fetal development in Iowa classrooms under legislation sent to the ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Men drink more, are more likely to binge drink and are almost four times ...