Developmental/Reproductive Biology

A biologist at Louisiana State University conducted a pioneering research study that could help us to better understand the role of dopamine in stress resilience in humans through analyzing wild songbirds. This study could lead to…

Analysis suggests 3.5 percent more preterm births among Latinas than projected for nine months following election A significant jump in preterm births to Latina mothers living in the U.S. occurred in the nine months following the November…

Current advice from Kaiser Permanente is to avoid cannabis exposure during pregnancy Oakland, Calif. July 19, 2019 -- The number of women using cannabis in the year before they get pregnant and early in their pregnancies is increasing,…

New platform allows effective drug screeningCredit: Diana Chapela, iMM A research team led by Leonor Saúde, Principal Investigator at Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM; Lisbon, Portugal), in partnership with the company Technophage,…

Findings in Developmental Cell show that expression of an early developmental gene prevents the immune system from identifying and attacking cancer cells SEATTLE -- July 18, 2019 -- A team at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has…

Researchers discover endometrial receptor that can recognize sperm moleculeCredit: (c) American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Why does it take 200 million sperm to fertilize a single egg? One reason is that…

Study provides further evidence of a relationship between oil and gas exploration, birth defects AURORA, Colo. (July 18, 2019) - Mothers living near more intense oil and gas development activity have a 40-70% higher chance of having…

Credit: Sean Andersen-Vie, Morris Animal Foundation Spaying or neutering large-breed dogs can put them at a higher risk for obesity and, if done when the dog is young, nontraumatic orthopedic injuries, reports a new study based on data…

Study of 3 million California births emphasizes need for proactive, coordinated care for families simultaneously impacted by preterm birth and maternal morbidity A quarter of women who have serious maternal complications during childbirth…

Credit: Arjumand Ghazi/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, July 17, 2019 - Aging research indicates that better healthspan--the quality of life as we age--may be more important than lifespan. In a report published today in Nature…