Lanugo is the fine, downy hair that appears on a fetus and can be present at birth. It plays a role in protecting the newborn ...

Thanks to social media a new competition poster seems to go viral each week, with many awarding a small cash prize and an ...

Arizona top officials certified the state's election results Monday, including voters' approval of a measure that expands abortion access from 15 weeks to the point of fetal viability.

relying heavily on operator expertise and experience to determine which embryos to select. Many people are also choosing to rely on invasive, expensive and imperfect genetic testing of their embryos ...

University of Bern researchers discovered that gene deserts, non-coding DNA regions, regulate heart and embryo development through enhancer elements controlling key genes. This insight into gene ...

A team has observed that this species forms multicellular structures that bear striking similarities to animal embryos. These observations suggest that the genetic programs responsible for ...

John Burns (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences), analysis of the genetic activity within these colonies revealed intriguing similarities with that observed in animal embryos, suggesting that ...

PolygenX, a screening service provided by US-based startup Heliospect Genomics LLC, uses controversial genetic techniques to analyse embryos for traits like height and intelligence. According to ...

They say the concerns which led to genetic testing being abandoned in 1999 remain, “and are amplified by the vastly increased number of younger athletes” it is proposed would be tested under ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by ProPublica. Candace Fails screamed for someone in the Texas hospital to help her pregnant daughter. “Do something,” she pleaded, on the ...

A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals a novel genetic basis of resistance to transgenic crops in one of the most important crop pests in the United States.