Trump Administration Cuts Off Funding for Fetal Tissue Research. Again.

The prohibition halts support for projects both inside and outside the N.I.H. President Biden had restored funding after an ...
Fierce Biotech

NIH imposes full ban of aborted fetal tissue in research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reinstated a ban on the research use of human fetal tissue (HFT) obtained from abortions, a prohibition originally put in place during President Trump’s ...

DEI funding nixed, ‘human embryological and fetal development’ study mandated, in House K-12 bill

A far-reaching education bill that requires students to learn about “human embryological and fetal development,” mandates ...
Science Daily

Maternal stress during pregnancy could leave traces in the placenta that could affect the baby's development

Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol -- a necessary hormone for fetal development -- and this would affect the baby's development from very ...

What the brain's shape and complexity say about a newborn's development

The neonatal period, which is defined as the first 28 days after birth, is known to be a crucial stage in the development of the human brain. During this stage, the brain is known to grow ...
BMJ Open

Pregnancy Risk, Infant Surveillance, and Measurement Alliance (PRISMA) Maternal and Newborn Health Study: protocol for a multisite, prospective, open cohort study of pregnancy ...

Introduction Maternal and child mortality has markedly decreased worldwide over the past few decades. Despite this success, the decline remains unequal across countries and is overall insufficient to ...
Tampa Bay Times

Will Florida require schools to show fetal development video?

Jeffrey S. Solochek is an education reporter covering K-12 education policy and schools. Reach him at [email protected]. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times ...
NBC4 Columbus

Ohio House passes bill to mandate screening of fetal development videos in public schools

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A bill that aims to require the annual screening of fetal development videos in public schools has passed the Ohio House. Ohio representatives approved House Bill 485, also ...
FOX8 Cleveland

Bill requiring fetal development videos in schools passes the Ohio House

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WJW) – State Representative Melanie Miller, (R) Ashland, announced Thursday that House Bill 4885, known as the Baby Olivia Act, passed the Ohio House of Representatives and now goes ...
GEN

Fetal Heart Map Illuminates Development and Origins of Congenital Defects

Using a combination for spatial, single-cell transcriptomics and imaging data from 36 hearts, scientists from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology and their collaborators have come up with what they ...
News Medical

Researchers reveal how maternal stress reshapes fetal growth and brain development

Maternal stress, encompassing physical, emotional, and psychological distress, remains a widespread yet underestimated risk during pregnancy. Previous research has linked stress to increased cortisol ...