Oregon Health & Science University researchers have found that consuming cannabis while pregnant could affect fetal lung development and function, potentially leading to the development of chronic ...

The study provides new scientific evidence that shows that problems with lung development in a fetus that grows below normal levels are related to vascular resistance If during a pregnancy a fetus ...

In a recent study published in the journal Science Immunology, researchers profile the origins and subsequent differentiation of embryonic and fetal immune cells during human lung development. Study: ...

Researchers have shown that the IGFBP3 protein plays a relevant role in human lung development. The results of the study, which used organoids derived from embryonic lungs, open up new perspectives on ...

The development of a child begins during pregnancy, when prenatal environmental factors and genetic influences interact to ...

Many factors, including genetics, stress, and environmental exposure, can shape pregnancy and fetal development. Physicians who care for pregnant patients and their babies before and after birth work ...

Children born with frail lungs — often because of toxic exposures during pregnancy — do not improve as they grow up, but suffer worsening breathing problems into adulthood, a UA study has found. The ...

Among 8- to 9-year-olds, those with vs. without maternal gestational diabetes mellitus exposure had two reduced measures of ...