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Womb pressure shapes facial features, UCL study reveals

Physical cues in the womb, and not just genetics, influence the normal development of neural crest cells, the embryonic stem cells that form facial features, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

23 Apr 2024

Machine learning reveals age-related decline in stemness across human tissues

A new research paper was published on the cover of Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science) Volume 16, Issue 7, entitled, "Evidence of a pan-tissue decline in stemness during human aging."

16 Apr 2024

Understanding the mechanisms behind embryonic diapause in hungry mouse mums

It's challenging to sustain a pregnancy when food is short, or conditions are otherwise tough. That's why many mammalian embryos can postpone their growth to get through periods of environmental stress and then re-enter development when conditions improve.

12 Apr 2024

New SRU expert consensus statement to improve endometriosis evaluation published

A new Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) expert consensus statement to improve endometriosis evaluation was published today in the journal Radiology.

9 Apr 2024

New ovarian atlas paves the way for extended fertility and hormone restoration

A new "atlas" of the human ovary provides insights that could lead to treatments restoring ovarian hormone production and the ability to have biologically related children, according to University of Michigan engineers.

5 Apr 2024

Modeled human embryo produces a membrane that surrounds the developing embryo

A MedUni Vienna study team led by geneticist Markus Hengstschläger has used a stem cell model to model the earliest stages of embryonic development and to characterize the membrane that surrounds the embryo, conferring shape and stability.

5 Apr 2024

Feds join ranks of employers with generous fertility benefits

Companies have increasingly offered generous fertility benefits to attract and keep top-notch workers. Now, the federal government is getting in on the act.

4 Apr 2024

California universities are required to offer abortion pills. Many just don’t mention it.

When Deanna Gomez found out she was pregnant in September 2023, she felt the timing couldn't have been worse.

2 Apr 2024

Organ-on-a-chip technology revolutionizes drug development for women's health

Women's bodies and their health in general have for too long been assigned low priority in the field of research.

26 Mar 2024

Unlocking the mysteries of early human development through blastoid models

It's one of life's most defining moments-;that crucial step in embryonic development, when an indistinct ball of cells rearranges itself into the orderly three-layered structure that sets the stage for all to come.

22 Mar 2024

99mTc-maraciclatide holds potential as a non-invasive test for early-stage endometriosis

The presentation summarized the preliminary findings from patients with known or suspected endometriosis who were imaged with a SPECT-CT camera and subsequently underwent planned laparoscopic surgery, a key-hole surgical procedure to establish the presence, absence and location of endometriotic lesions.

15 Mar 2024

Research reveals link between environmental pollutants and endometrial cancer

Research carried out by the UGR, IDIBELL, the Catalan Institute of Oncology and the Biohealth Research Institute in Granada (ibs.GRANADA), published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, has revealed a link between environmental pollutants and endometrial cancer.

14 Mar 2024

The effects of high maternal folate intake on the health outcomes of offspring

Researchers summarized what is known about the effects of excessive folic acid (FA) supplementation for mothers on children.

8 Mar 2024

Complicated pregnancies linked to two‐fold increased risk of later cardiovascular disease

Researchers from University of Bergen have investigated the relation between 40-year-old women's pregnancy history and later risk of dying of cardiovascular diseases.

5 Mar 2024

Endocrine Society urges Congress to support legislation protecting access to IVF

The Endocrine Society is calling for members of Congress to support federal legislation protecting access to in vitro fertilization (IVF).

28 Feb 2024

Oxygenation in the placenta predicts childhood brain growth

A new study shows oxygenation levels in the placenta, formed during the last three months of fetal development, are an important predictor of cortical growth (development of the outermost layer of the brain or cerebral cortex) and is likely a predictor of childhood cognition and behavior.

27 Feb 2024