The mechanical womb was developed to better understand how various factors such as gene mutations, nutrients, and environmental conditions affect murine fetuses in development. Why do miscarriages ...

Research revealed that foetuses are not as defenceless as once thought; they can actually fight infections from within the womb. This new understanding could significantly change the way doctors ...

Researchers at IIT Madras have unveiled a cutting-edge tool — a detailed 3D map of five developing baby brains from the ...

If doctors could place a preemie inside of an artificial womb where it could spend its remaining weeks fully developing, this could completely change that baby's life. The researchers emphasized ...

Rui Diogo, Natalia Siomava and Yorick Gotton A scan of a baby's muscles in ... feet and know extra muscles develop and disappear there too while babies grow in the womb. Monkeys and apes still ...