Premature babies born at 22-24 weeks face devastating odds against traditional ventilators that damage their fragile, underdeveloped lungs. Enter AquaWomb, a Dutch startup developing something that ...

Researchers have discovered a potential 'pause button' in the earliest stages of human development. Whether humans can control the timing of their development has long been debated. The new study ...

Physical cues in the womb, and not just genetics, influence the normal development of neural crest cells, the embryonic stem cells that form facial features, finds a new study. Physical cues in the ...

The uterus has been a site of medical, and moral, scrutiny for centuries. In her new book, “Womb,” the midwife Leah Hazard explains what we know about the uterus — and how much we’ve yet to discover.