Fetal brain development can be negatively impacted by an infection that occurs in utero, and the resulting maternal inflammation. Indeed, an illness in a mother is associated with an increased risk of ...

A collaborative research study co-led by scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Liber Institute for Brain Development has for the first time identified a biological process ...

Scientists have created a super-map of the brain containing 30 million cells to trace the prenatal origins of diseases.

PhD Defense: Small Beginnings, Big Impacts Brain Development in Early-Onset Fetal Growth Restriction ...

A team of researchers from Tohoku University, the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University has uncovered a novel molecular mechanism through which ...

A study in mice has found that the bacteria Bifidobacterium breve in the mother's gut during pregnancy supports healthy brain development in the fetus. A study in mice has found that the bacteria ...

The next surprise was that human organoids just kept growing. Mouse organoids were done with making neurons within nine days.

A breakthrough in fetal brain monitoring developed at Yale is moving from laboratory discovery to global commercialization ...

The young embryo may survive this exposure, but brain development may be altered to varying degrees. The study published today reveals for the first time that the harmful effects of alcohol on fetal ...

SmartyPants Vitamins, the Unilever-acquired brand known for clean, science-backed family nutrition, today announces the ...

In the earliest hours after fertilization, an embryo takes its first steps toward becoming a living organism by shedding maternal control and activating its own genetic program. This critical process, ...