The development of a child begins during pregnancy, when prenatal environmental factors and genetic influences interact to ...

Researchers have characterized, in exacting detail, the rapid series of events that transform a single fertilized cell into a living, complex being. The work not only has enabled the team to explore ...

Alcohol exposure during early pregnancy often occurs before a woman realises she is pregnant. This article explains how ...

A new study in the journal Nature Mental Health explores how a mother’s positive state of mind during pregnancy affects the structure and function of the developing fetal brain by measuring these ...