New research tracks how THC exposure during pregnancy disrupts fetal brain development and leads to sustained structural ...

Researchers have found that the small intestine grows in response to pregnancy in mice. This partially irreversible change may help mice support a pregnancy and prepare for a second. Researchers at ...

A section of a mouse juvenile brain (cerebral cortex) showing cell nuclei (blue), microglia (red) and the activation of a specific gene called Hes1 (white). No parent wants to risk their child having ...

A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign shows, for the first time, that severe flu infection in pregnant mice leads to a breakdown in placental and brain barriers, leading to the ...

Gut microbes may play a key role in training a mother's immune system to adapt to the developing fetus during pregnancy, ...

A study in mice has found that maternal gut microbiome composition during pregnancy has long-term effects on offspring stem cell growth and development. The researchers, headed by Parag Kundu, PhD, at ...

A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign shows, for the first time, that severe flu infection in pregnant mice leads to a breakdown in placental and brain barriers, leading to the ...

Liquid ingredients in e-cigarettes had a major impact on fetal development in pregnant mice, according to a new study Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

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