Reproduction

The babies of obese women who develop gestational diabetes are five times as likely to be excessively large by six months of pregnancy, according to...

Abnormal cells in the early embryo are not necessarily a sign that a baby will be born with a birth defect such as Down’s syndrome, suggests new...

The process of ageing begins even before we are born, according to an international team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge. In a...

A study of one of the most important medieval texts devoted to women’s medicine has opened a window into the many rituals associated with conception...

Jacob Dunn (Division of Biological Anthropology) discusses why sperm are the most diverse cells found among animals.

Evolutionary ‘trade-off’ between size of throat and testes discovered in howler monkeys furthers Darwin’s theory of sexual selection and corresponds...

A new genetic study of over 200,000 women reveals the underlying mechanisms of polycystic ovary syndrome, as well as potential interventions.

Hidden tumours that cause potentially fatal high blood pressure but lurk undetected in the body until pregnancy have been discovered by a Cambridge...