By studying genetic data from nearly 140,000 IVF embryos, scientists have with unprecedented detail revealed why fewer than ...

Studying over 100,000 embryos revealed genetic factors behind chromosome segregation issues that lead to aneuploidy, ...

The study sheds light on the significance of the maternal microbiota and the mechanisms by which it affects individual development and pregnancy. In a Finnish study, significant differences in the ...

Children with a family history of type 1 diabetes (T1D) have an increased risk of developing the disease. However, children born to mothers with T1D are less likely to develop the disease than those ...

Organizational processes during prenatal development can have long-term effects on an individual’s phenotype. Because these early developmental stages are sensitive to environmental influences, ...

From left to right, the researchers Nerea San Martín González, Águeda Castro Quintas, Helena Palma Gudiel and Lourdes Fañanás Saura. Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the ...

Genes that a child inherits from mothers has a bearing on energy levels, immune system, among many other things. (Picture Credit: Pexels) The genes that you inherit from your parents do have an ...

A new study uses time-resolved transcriptomic and proteomic data from fetal cells of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)—the master circadian clock in the hypothalamus of the brain—in rat models, to ...

Studies in roundworms by biologists at the University of Iowa suggest that a mother’s response to stress can influence her children and her grandchildren, through heritable epigenetic changes. Their ...

Mothers leave their mark on their children in many ways - and researchers have discovered a protein called SMCHD1 is involved in this 'imprinting' process. SMCHD1 switches certain genes off, altering ...