Trophoblasts, collected from the mother during a blood draw, can determine fetal genetic abnormalities currently diagnosed through amniocentesis or chorionic villi sampling.

The authors of the study that found the association say more research is needed on maternal fluoride and child IQ.

A study links having a male twin with women’s educational, financial, and childbearing decisions. Researchers suspect prenatal exposure to testosterone may play a role.

Animal and cell culture studies show evidence that dengue antibodies can both neutralize and enhance Zika, but human investigations have only found protective effects.

MRI data suggest prenatal exposure to the medication increases the volume of brain regions vital to processing emotions.

Signaling pathways triggered by the mother’s immune system may cause complications during fetal development.

Reuters sheds light on the largely unregulated trade of human body parts taken from human cadavers donated for science. 

A new study uses blood samples from pregnant women to track changes in the immune system leading up to birth, and predicts gestational age from the mothers’ immune signatures.

The first-of-its-kind study follows on the heels of ethicists’ urging vaccine developers to conduct clinical trials in pregnant women.