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By measuring various pollutants in the immediate vicinity of pregnant women and tracking brain development of their children, researchers in Barcelona aim to untangle any influence the former has on the latter.

For too long, a physiological inability to conceive or carry a child through to birth has been seen as a minor medical issue.

Genes associated with preterm birth and protecting the fetus from the mother’s immune system appear to be regulated by HAND2.

In her current work, the University of Southern California psychologist is examining how the transition to fatherhood affects men’s brains.

Hearing others’ perspectives on infertility and pregnancy has me reconsidering my own reproductive journey.

High altitude is a natural laboratory for investigating pregnancy complications, such as preeclampsia and gestational hypertension, that restrict a fetus’s oxygen supply.

Bacteria in the gut influence the production of antibodies and themselves secrete metabolites. In a pregnant woman, these compounds may influence immune development of her fetus.

With human research trials resulting in dozens of successful deliveries in the US and abroad, doctors move toward offering the surgery clinically, while working to learn all they can about uterine and transplant biology from the still-rare procedure.

A newly identified gene family named “parasitoid killing factor” is found in both insect-infecting viruses and their hosts, although researchers can’t yet tell where they originated.

A patient caught the rare disease in Nigeria before flying through two US airports, exposing more than 200 people from 27 states.

New experiments suggest the famous tumor-suppressing protein uses viral elements lingering in the genome to get cancerous cells to announce their presence to the immune system.

The microbiota helps align a mouse’s innate immune system with its feeding patterns, prepping the animal to fend off infection when it’s most likely to be eating.