Tag: Developmental/Reproductive Biology

A new study published in the April 2019 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) investigates the safety of ...

Low levels of oxygen in the womb - which can be caused by smoking or conditions such as pre-eclampsia - ...

The discovery of these seemingly out-of-place sensing cells may lend insight into possibilities for protecting lung function in people who ...

Credit: Nathan Schroeder, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - The soybean cyst nematode, one of the crop's most destructive pests, ...

In utero exposure to nicotine has postnatal effects on development of the heart and its response to adrenalin and may ...

Credit: Rios, Visvader et al., Walter and Eliza Hall Institute - published in Cancer Cell Walter and Eliza Hall Institute ...

Women's rights in ancient Egypt were better before the 4th century BC than during the Greco-Roman period that followed,Credit: University ...

Findings will help resource managers with difficult conservation decisionsCredit: © D. Malmquist/VIMS. A comprehensive analysis of more than 11,000 previous ...

Bipedalism may have been favored in kangaroo rats to avoid ambush predators like vipers and owls, says UC Riverside biologistCredit: ...

Credit: A mother sperm whale and her calf off the coast of Mauritius. Gabriel Barathieu, Wikipedia. It's a question that ...

A new study reveals how two types of stem cells in medaka fish work together during eye development, and suggests ...

A technique to produce eggs from ovarian tissue in the lab may offer hope for critically endangered species like the ...

Switching to flame retardant free foam pit cubes reduces exposures without compromising fire safety Newton, Mass. (March 26, 2019) - ...

The cocktail of man-made chemicals that we are exposed to daily is a health risk which current regulations and risk ...

African-American women are nearly twice as likely to give birth prematurely as white women. Such births often coincide with low ...

Pick right-sized rock or be eaten by cannibal neighborsCredit: Phil Colclough/Zoo Knoxville GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For young hellbenders, choosing the ...

Credit: Helge Grosshans, FMI The let-7 gene is considered a fundamental regulator of developmental timing in animals - in organisms ...

NEW ORLEANS--Exposure to the widely used chemical bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy, even at levels lower than the regulated "safe" ...

NEW ORLEANS--Teens and young adults who were exposed to HIV and antiretroviral therapy before birth but are HIV-negative themselves are ...

NEW ORLEANS--Some cases of recurrent pregnancy loss may be caused by sperm DNA damage in the male partner, rather than ...