In utero gene therapy uses prenatal genetic screening to identify fetuses with lethal mutations and delivers corrective genes ...

Climate change could be increasing risks to children's brain development. A new study finds that exposure to higher ...

An interdisciplinary and international team of researchers is using a National Institutes of Health grant to investigate how astrocytes — star-shaped brain cells that support neurons — contribute to ...

Children exposed to opioids before birth may face increased risks of difficulties with vision, attention, behavior and ...

Pregnant women are especially vulnerable to heat because pregnancy makes it harder to regulate body temperature.

A Wellcome Sanger Institute study found that rare genetic variants have a stronger impact on cognition in early childhood, ...

Most expectant parents know smoking during pregnancy isn't good for the baby, but few realise just how far-reaching the ...

Prenatal estrogen brain development research: two studies in Early Human Development find that first-trimester maternal ...

South Dakota schools approved three prenatal development videos, including the controversial "Baby Olivia" film.

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation organised a multidisciplinary committee to develop this Position Paper to outline current ...

A maternal-fetal medicine expert told Newsweek the findings warrant study, but pregnant women shouldn't stop medications.

Playing classical music to your child while they’re still in the womb can stimulate development, new research suggests. Music ...