Researchers mapped early brain growth from mid-pregnancy to the first month after birth and found signs that sex-linked differences emerge surprisingly early.

Some think the rise of C-sections means that one day all births will require serious medical intervention. But a surprising new understanding of the pelvis suggests a different story ...

The secret to youthful appearance and repairing scars may lie in a microscopic skin structure humans share with pigs and ...

Scientists warn that future Moon and Mars missions face serious reproductive health risks. Space radiation, microgravity, and ...

Human heart development is largely influenced by neural crest cells, which carefully regulate a key growth signal.

Early in pregnancy, something surprising happens. Every human embryo develops a tail. It is not symbolic or imagined. A real ...

Radiation and microgravity are two of the greatest hazards to astronauts’ reproductive health. “Space radiation can damage ...

Unlike virtually every other cell in the human body, the syncytiotrophoblast doesn't have a single nucleus. It has roughly 10 ...

Hindering studies involving fetal tissue will impede the development of the alternatives intended to replace it, while ...

Analyzing brain growth across pregnancy and early life, this study offers new insights into sex-specific development and its implications for neurodevelopment.

Just three times the width of a human hair, the probe is slim enough to pass through a standard tube already used during ...

Gambia's Supreme Court is considering whether a law protecting women and girls from female genital mutilation (FGM) is constitutional. The practice, common in Gambia, often involves forcibly ...