For decades, one of the most widely prescribed pregnancy drugs has been used on faith: doctors knew it helped sustain early pregnancies, but not exactly how. Now, after roughly 70 years in clinics and ...

A group of scientists studying pregnancy across six different mammals—from humans to marsupials—uncovered how certain cells at the mother-baby boundary have been working together for over 100 million ...

Research led by the University of Cambridge has found the first clear evidence that the ‘good’ gut bacteria Bifidobacterium breve in pregnant mothers regulates the placenta’s production of hormones ...