A research team showed that, contrary to current models, one early embryonic cell dominates lineages that will become the fetus. “They are not identical,” said Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, a ...
The development of a child begins during pregnancy, when prenatal environmental factors and genetic influences interact to ...
In a recent study published in the journal Science Immunology, researchers profile the origins and subsequent differentiation of embryonic and fetal immune cells during human lung development. Study: ...
A new study maps how prenatal stress alters immune signalling in the developing brain at a level of detail not seen before ...
Transforming a single diploid cell into a living and breathing infant over approximately 280 days is a complex and distinctive process. A successful pregnancy relies on many biochemical processes ...