Using advanced microscopes that capture brain cell anatomy and activity, a portion of a mouse's brain was mapped and rendered ...

Exposure to antibiotics during a key developmental window in infancy can stunt the growth of insulin- producing cells in the pancreas and may boost risk of diabetes later in life, new research ...

Have you ever been convinced that you remember being a baby? A moment in a crib, or the taste of a first birthday cake? Chances are, those memories aren’t real. Decades of research suggest that most ...

China’s economy got off to a good start this year and authorities are ready to deploy more stimulus if growth loses momentum, a center bank adviser said. Huang Yiping, a member of the Chinese ...

We're one step closer to not just treating baldness but preventing it, with scientists making an important discovery that offers keen insight into why hair growth ... MCL-1 in mice and removing ...

He argues that earlier findings are plagued by a critical methodological flaw: endogeneity. Economic growth influences fertility decisions just as fertility influences economic growth. Wealthier ...

The experiment was repeated 630 times. Although most of the pregnancies failed, seven healthy mice were born. Each of those seven baby mice had two biological dads. This would allow same-sex ...

Mothers experience major metabolic adaptations during pregnancy and lactation to support the development and growth of new life ... "In both humans and mice, body temperature increases during ...

Then, like babies learning to talk ... dopamine and acetylcholine—are shared by mice, primates, humans. Essentially every animal with a backbone." Studying how birds learn to sing can help ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a baby's life ... for cognitive and developmental growth due to the nutrients in breast milk ...

They were in for a successful surprise. The sound made by the implanted mice babies was different; louder, more insistent. When they grew up, they communicated differently and more compellingly to ...