Pregnancy care is particularly critical during the first trimester as it lays the foundation for a healthy pregnancy and ...

It is told from the personal perspective of Trent Stephens, whose research on limb development helped to delineate thalidomide's mechanism in causing birth defects, together with historian Rock ...

The types of birth defect that were increased were skeletal and limb defects, cardiac defects, craniofacial defects and neural tube defects. Children exposed to carbamazepine, topiramate or phenytoin ...

Her studies over the years have revealed the molecular mechanisms that control the formation of the central and peripheral nervous system, as well as lung, limb, and neuromuscular development. The ...