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Hatched blastocyst embryo

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Embryo protein may warn before miscarriage and pre-eclampsia

A protein that seems to help embryos implant into their mother's womb may one day warn doctors that a woman might encounter problems in pregnancy

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A person biting into a piece of chocolate

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Your choice of chocolate and contraceptive affect your gut bugs

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Swimming sperm

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Sperm-binding beads could work as fertility aid or contraceptive

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A pregnany woman having an ultrasound scan

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Records reveal gender-selective abortion taking place in Canada

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A very pregnant lady

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Some stillbirths are avoidable if we know enough to act in time

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Human embryo at the 4 cell stage

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Embryo cells decide their future only two days after conception

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Microcephaly brain scans

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Zika virus disease renamed to reflect range of impacts on fetus

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A premature baby

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Urine from premature babies could repair damaged kidneys

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A newborn baby wrapped in blue hospital drapes and held in a person's arms, lying down

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Push for natural birth a dangerous flaw in UK maternity review

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IVF

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Multiple births, not heart disease, is biggest IVF health risk

“IVF children born face a potential health time bomb”, screamed the papers last week. Although the claims can’t be dismissed entirely, there is no reason for panic

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Effects of being born prematurely shouldn't have to last forever

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Premature birth: How its effects can stay with you for life

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Life

Whole Zika genome recovered from brain of baby with microcephaly

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Health

Don't let ignorance triumph in the US debate on family planning

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