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Analyzing genetic data from nearly 140,000 IVF embryos, researchers linked maternal DNA variants to increased risk of ...

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Pregnancy loss remains common around the world. About 15 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage, although the true number is likely much higher, since many pregnancies are lost before they ...

Learn more about the gene linked to the evolutionary loss of human tails, and how, in rare cases, some people are still born with them.