Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the virus manages to cross the placenta, which nurtures the developing ...

Researchers say understanding how Zika virus spreads through the human placenta and reaches the fetus is critical to prevent or control the infection.

ETH Zurich researchers have investigated how tiny gas bubbles can deliver drugs into cells in a targeted manner using ...

Cells are constantly on the move, whether in a developing embryo or metastatic cancer. But how do cells adapt to the new ...

By fusing different human organoids, researchers have created “mini-brains” containing most of the cell types found in fetal ...

Silicon Valley elites are quietly appointing themselves ancestors of the future. As American fertility rates continue to hit record lows — well below the “replacement rate” from one generation to the ...

C. Everett Koop, the Surgeon General under President Ronald Reagan, was a controversial figure from the moment of his ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aiming to reduce the costs of in vitro fertilization, a medical ...

Uterine fibroid pain treatments like medications or surgery can offer relief. Uterine fibroid pain originates from non-cancerous tumors that grow in a person's uterus. The growths vary in size and ...