For decades, scientists have struggled to study this moment in humans because of ethical restrictions and limited access to ...

A team led by investigators has uncovered insights on a type of a critical cell that to the formation of a functioning uterus. Knowledge of the biological processes involved in the development of the ...

Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) used to be a rare pregnancy condition, but it now affects roughly 14,000 pregnancies annually ...

While anticancer treatments, including many forms of chemotherapy and radiation, can effectively kill cancer cells, long-term use can cause mutations in healthy cells. Mutations arising in cells that ...

Ripla Arora is an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology within the College of Human Medicine and is the Chief of the Division of Developmental and ...

Throughout a woman's reproductive life, the endometrium, the mucous membrane lining the uterus, goes through cyclical remodeling. It thickens during the menstrual cycle in preparation for embryo ...

Exposure in the womb to bisphenol A (BPA) causes changes in female primates' uterus development, new research suggests. The results were presented this week at the Endocrine Society's annual meeting ...

When you’re expecting, your body focuses on different types of hormone production, and oestrogen is a shining star among them ...