Exposure to a mixture of toxic and essential metals during early development in the womb and shortly after birth is ...

The placenta is the transient support organ that connects the embryo to the mother during gestation. Functionally, the placenta mediates all nutrient and oxygen supply to the conceptus and thereby ...

Cells have surface receptors that couple with proteins and other molecules to initiate or inhibit certain behaviors. Typically, the number of these receptors increases as the cell matures, but ...

Scientists have had a long-standing fascination with the complexities of the process of human development. Parents have always been captivated by the rapid growth and development that characterize the ...

University of North Carolina-led researchers have used brain connectivity charts built from functional MRI data as a tool for tracking early childhood brain development. Charts mapped the maturation ...

Nearly half the embryos studied underwent developmental arrest because of genetic mishaps in early development—a revealing insight that suggests more IVF babies could come to term with changes in the ...

The first 1000 days of life – the period from conception to the age of two – are pivotal for any human being’s development. This has been shown repeatedly by every science that studies early childhood ...

Tomato is an ideal model system for fleshy fruit development because of its rapid life cycle, the economic importance and the availability of genome information. A tomato fruit is derived from the ...

Borderline Personality Disorder is much talked about in psychological discussions. BPD is complicated to live with and deal with, and it is often misunderstood. In a series of posts, I will discuss ...

able human beings to explore and learn about the world around us emerge and become remarkably sophisticated. The child becomes a social being with an array of deeply important relationships. Language ...