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Fetal health is a hot topic in the medical world. With advances in medical technology, doctors can now detect and treat a wide range of conditions that affect fetuses. Here, you can find news articles and videos about the latest advances in fetal health care and information about how to keep your baby healthy. You can also learn about the risks associated with pregnancy and what you can do to reduce them.
Scientists studying gene activity data of the early human embryo have discovered an overlooked type of cell which self-destructs within days of forming, as part of a quality control process to protect the developing fetus.
From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, 'monstrous births' -- malformed or anomalous fetuses -- were, to Western medicine, an object of superstition. In 19th-century America, they became instead an object of the 'modern scientific study of monstrosity,' a field formalized by French scientist Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. This clinical turn was positioned against the backdrop of social, political, and economic activity that codified laws governing slavery, citizenship, immigration, family, wealth, and access to resources.