Artificial wombs are recreating pregnancy outside the body, keeping premature life developing in controlled environments.

The first steps of human development—those that occur within the first few weeks of pregnancy—remain mysterious in many ways. Within a week of fertilization, human embryos form a blastocyst, which ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers created a comprehensive digital atlas of fetal brain maturation from a large cohort, detailing structural growth and folding from early pregnancy to ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. What do the earliest stages of a pregnancy look like? Embryonic development has been extensively studied, but most of our ...

Diagnostic imaging and genetic screens help clinicians catch congenital fetal diseases in utero, but models for studying organ development and disease progression are limited. Over the last decade, ...

New research suggests that diets high in ultra-processed foods may not only affect overall health but also play a role in ...