Human fertility hinges on a delicate molecular ballet that begins even before birth. UC Davis researchers have uncovered how special protein networks safeguard chromosomes as eggs and sperm form, ...

When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things—including a crucial event that happened ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), manmade chemicals that accumulate in the body over time, have been linked to liver disease and cancer, but it is not yet clear how they cause damage.

When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things - including a crucial event that happened ...

Exposures before birth and in early life, including paternal smoking and maternal obesity, are key predictors of lung health and aging.

When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things - including a crucial event that happened ...

Some bits of the resultant anatomy are body parts but not organs—arms, say. Organs are, for the most part, the bits where ...

When I was a child, there was a TV show called The Six Million Dollar Man. In the opening credits, test pilot Steve Austin ...

Learn why rare diseases are more common in some communities due to cousin marriages and founder effects in population ...