A cross-institutional research group has revealed for the first time in the world that infants with symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) […]
Maternal anxiety affects the fetal brain
Anxiety in gestating mothers appears to affect the course of brain development in their fetuses, changing neural connectivity in the […]
Human fetal lungs harbor a microbiome signature
The lungs and placentas of fetuses in the womb—as young as 11 weeks after conception—already show a bacterial microbiome signature, […]
Coffee, nicotine and amphetamines activate ‘hot spots’ in the fetal brain
If pregnant women take significant amounts of the psychostimulants coffee, nicotine and amphetamine during pregnancy, their children have a higher […]
Fetal nicotine exposure harms breathing in infants
Exposure to nicotine during development inhibits the function of neurons controlling the tongue, according to research in newborn rats recently […]
New approach to repair fetal membranes may prevent birth complications
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and University College London have developed a new approach to repair defects in […]