Researchers have created a detailed map of chemical modifications to DNA that occur in the human brain from the earliest ...

The external genitals start out as several small bulges that form between your baby's legs at 4 to 5 weeks of pregnancy.

During the fetal stage, a number of so-called cell programs run that are vital to the development of the fetus. Researchers demonstrate that one of these fetal programs appears to protect against ...

While it is generally believed that fetuses are at high risk of developing cancers, including leukemia, after low doses of radiation, it has been reported that atomic bomb survivors exposed in utero ...

Scientists have reached a milestone in an ambitious initiative to chart how the many types of brain cells emerge and mature ...