The female sex hormone estrogen, along with progesterone, appears to underlie a fundamental difference in how males and ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that the small intestine grows in response to pregnancy in mice. This partially irreversible change may help mice support a pregnancy and prepare ...

Researchers have found that the small intestine grows in response to pregnancy in mice. This partially irreversible change may help mice support a pregnancy and prepare for a second. Researchers ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that the small intestine grows in response to pregnancy in mice. This partially irreversible change may help mice support a pregnancy and prepare ...

Parturition is the culmination of mammalian reproduction, a task essential for survival of the species. After a period of uterine quiescence to allow fetal growth and development, changes occur in ...

To investigate the effect of inflammation on the developing immune system, Beaudin’s team treated pregnant mice with polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid (poly(I:C)), a non-microbial immune cell activator, ...

image: The gut epithelium of virgin (top), pregnant (middle), and lactating (bottom) mice, highlighting villus growth. view more Credit: Tomotsune Ameku Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute ...

Once triggered, this process, called "diapause," might allow a mouse mother to delay a pregnancy at a time when resources are scarce — such as while she is still nursing a previous litter of newborn ...

Although many metabolic changes have been studied, body temperature regulation and environmental temperature preference ...