Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research

Scientists have, for the first time, used an extremely precise genome editing technique called base editing to study gene function in human embryos...

A University of Cambridge study has found that stresses such as systemic racism and socioeconomic disadvantage may sensitise key processes in the body...

Celebrations at the University of Cambridge honour the life, work and legacy of Sir Robert Edwards, whose work revolutionised fertility treatment...

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioural...

A study in mice has found that the bacteria Bifidobacterium breve in the mother’s gut during pregnancy supports healthy brain development in the fetus...

Eight researchers from the University of Cambridge have won European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants