UCLA researchers have uncovered a link between "morning sickness" symptoms and the body's natural, but complex, inflammatory response to biological and bodily changes during pregnancy. According to ...

Pregnancy transforms the human body in ways most people never fully realize. From the immune system and brain to the heart, ...

Pregnancy triggers profound immune adaptations to ensure fetal tolerance and successful delivery; however, these changes can alter maternal susceptibility to various diseases. Traditional models of ...

In most people, influenza stays in the upper respiratory tract—mainly the nose—and clears without spreading further. But ...

Of the 3.6 million babies born in the United States each year, around 80 percent begin breastfeeding in their first month of life. Breastfeeding has known benefits for both mother and child, reducing ...

A new peer-reviewed study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, supported by the National Institutes of Health and published today in Science Translational Medicine, has uncovered a critical ...

The intricate cellular details of pregnancy demonstrate the complexity of a developing fetus. In the medical community, pregnancy is considered a host-graft response. Previously, it was thought that ...

Pregnancy represents a unique immunological state in which the maternal immune system adapts to tolerate the semi-allogeneic fetus while maintaining defence against pathogens. This adaptation involves ...

Early pregnancy depends on a remarkable act of coordination. Before the placenta can nourish a growing fetus, the embryo must securely "land" and connect with the mother's blood supply—a process ...

A recent study from researchers at UAB may have offered clues about why a common disease occurs in pregnant women. Dr. Paige Porrett, a gynecologist and transplant surgeon at UAB, wanted to know why ...