Giving life to research
19 March 2021A special online symposium will celebrate the archive of IVF pioneer, Sir Robert Edwards, and seek ways that this extraordinary archive can be used by researchers of today.
Tales from the edge of modern fertilities
15 December 2020A major research project sees sociologists situated at emerging hot spots of reproductive change, investigating the new ‘haves and have-nots’ in our fertility futures.
Women who experience high blood pressure during pregnancy are more likely to develop heart disease
01 July 2020Women who experience high blood pressure during pregnancy are more likely to develop heart disease and heart failure in later life, according to an international team of researchers.
Exercise in pregnancy improves health of obese mothers by restoring their tissues, mouse study finds
30 August 2019Exercise immediately prior to and during pregnancy restores key tissues in the body, making them better able to manage blood sugar levels and lowering the risk of long term health problems, suggests new research carried out in mice.
Additional routine ultrasounds benefit mothers and babies, and could be cost saving, study finds
17 April 2019Offering universal late pregnancy ultrasounds at 36 weeks’ gestation eliminates undiagnosed breech presentation of babies, lowers the rate of emergency caesarean sections, and improves the health of mothers and babies.
Heart disease risk begins in the womb, study in sheep suggests
22 January 2019Offspring whose mothers had a complicated pregnancy may be at greater risk of heart disease in later life, according to a new study in sheep. The research, led by a team at the University of Cambridge, suggests that our cards may be marked even before we are born.
Pregnancy losses and large numbers of children linked with increased risk of cardiovascular disease
30 November 2018Women who experience pregnancy loss and do not go on to have children are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease, such as heart disease and stroke, compared with women who have only one or two children, according to new research from the University of Cambridge and the University of North Carolina.
Historian uncovers new evidence of 18th century London's 'Child Support Agency'
26 July 2018How 18th and 19th century London supported its unmarried mothers and illegitimate children – essentially establishing an earlier version of today’s Child Support Agency – is the subject of newly-published research by a Cambridge historian.
Baby’s sex affects mother’s metabolism and may influence risk of pregnancy-related complications
12 July 2018The sex of a baby controls the level of small molecules known as metabolites in the pregnant mother’s blood, which may explain why risks of some diseases in pregnancy vary depending whether the mother is carrying a boy or a girl, according to new research from the University of Cambridge.
Of mice and women
04 August 2017Last year, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, Professor of Mammalian Development and Stem Cell Biology, made not one, but two world-changing discoveries.
