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Weighing in for the Cambridge Baby Growth Study

How does your baby grow?

31 Oct 2011

A study of infant growth, tracking 2,400 babies from gestation to the age of two, has provided data of unique depth – and is already adding to our...

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Foetus

Immune interaction optimises foetal nourishment during pregnancy

08 Feb 2011

Paternal genes advise maternal immune cells on how to build the best womb for developing foetuses, researchers have found.

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La Paz, Chile

Prenatal origins of heart disease

04 Jan 2009

Studies in La Paz, the highest city in the world, are helping to uncover a link between prenatal conditions and heart disease in later life.

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