babies

A large, long-term study across the US and Sweden finds potential correlations between specific pollutants and the proportions of male and female babies born.

A long noncoding RNA from humans appeared to help the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase work better in a mouse model of phenylketonuria, the disorder characterized by reduced activity of that enzyme.

The project did not assess any implications for children’s health, but the authors recommend changing up how parents use baby bottles to reduce the amount of plastic in formula or breastmilk.

Infants may have been drinking animal milk from vessels for thousands of years.

In the wake of reports of CRISPRed babies born in China, a bipartisan resolution “opposes the experiments that resulted in pregnancies using genome-edited human embryos.”

An artificially intelligent program tracks the motion of infants to help doctors look for links to disorders with abnormal motions.

After the controversy of a Chinese scientist who was involved in editing the genomes of twin girls, the country puts forth tighter guidelines.

In a study of nearly 400 breastfeeding mothers, researchers find links between directly feeding the child and a more diverse microbiota, compared to milk from pumping.

At playtime together, parents’ brain activity mimics that of their infant children.

The girl was born in Brazil in December 2017.

He Jiankui, who reportedly edited the genomes of two babies already, broke the news at a conference in Hong Kong.

The college has opened an investigation into Michael Deem’s involvement.

Alterations to a protein involved in breathing may help explain some cases of sudden infant death syndrome, a study finds.

Members of the BabySeq Project discuss trial enrollment, preliminary findings.

Analyzing the gut microbiomes of children from birth through toddlerhood, researchers tie compositional changes to birth mode, infant diet, and antibiotic therapy.

Less than six months after a woman in Sweden gave birth to a healthy baby from a transplanted womb, doctors in Cleveland begin a clinical trial to test the procedure in 10 US women.

Sequencing cells from human fetal blood samples, researchers track the development of the adaptive immune system throughout gestation.   

Cells that temporarily restrain their immune systems give babies’ gut bacteria a chance to settle down. 

Both birds and children struggle to learn transitions between syllables, practicing them extensively as they learn to speak or sing.