The process of skeletogenesis during embryonic development involves sor cells, all taking place in a highly dynamic environment. The overall and pressures that are hypothesized development. However, details of these mechanical cues are not well understood, ments that could address these of early skeletal development in vitro. To strain on embryonic skeletal precursor cells in micromass culture....

in surrogate pregnancies genetic parents have little opportunity for early bonding with their infants either prenatally (in utero) or during the immediate postnatal period. procedures commonly used to induce lactation include both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic methods often in combination. studies reporting induced lactation are sparse due to the rarity of augmented lactation. here we repo...

search will most likely reveal numerous curious and provocative associations between health experiences in early childhood and the occurrence of later disease. Reduced exposure to infection in childhood has been implicated as a factor in the pathogenesis of insulin dependent diabetes (IDDM). Caspar Gibbon et al put this theory to the test in a brief but important paper on pages 384–5, which poi...

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and tractography offer the unique possibility to visualize the developing white matter macroanatomy of the human fetal brain in vivo and in utero and are currently under investigation for their potential use in the diagnosis of developmental pathologies of the human central nervous system. However, in order to establish in utero DTI as a clinical imaging tool, an ...

the aim of this study was to examine whether the secreted fluid from the uterus influences the survival and fertilization capacity of fowl sperm in the hen oviduct. hens with either regular uterine fluid secretion or irregular uterine fluid secretion were artificially inseminated through the transfer of sperm into the uterus. twenty-four hours after  artificial insemination, 3 hens with regular...

In surrogate pregnancies genetic parents have little opportunity for early bonding with their infants either prenatally (in utero) or during the immediate postnatal period. Procedures commonly used to induce lactation include both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic methods often in combination. Studies reporting induced lactation are sparse due to the rarity of augmented lactation. Here we repo...