Dr. Gil Mor discusses sex-specific placental responses and long-term immune alterations from prenatal virus exposure.

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A father’s plastic exposure could significantly induce metabolic disorders like diabetes in offspring. Limiting the plastic ...

Chinese pronouns are largely split between female and male – prompting LGBTQ activists to invent their own gender-neutral pronoun. That movement just took a big step forward.

In the early stages of mammalian embryonic development, the bipotential gonads can differentiate into the testes or ovaries. These organs are essential for gamete production, transmitting genetic ...