Epidemiological evidence links an individual's susceptibility to chronic disease in adult life to
events during their intrauterine phase of development. Biologically this should not be …

Although the large data sets combining birth and placental weights, maternal and postnatal
nutrition, and health records are sparse for food animals, many controlled studies have …

In brief Developmental programming refers to the long-term programming of gene
expression during fetal and postnatal development, resulting in altered organ function even …

Early stages of mammalian embryonic development are now known to be very sensitive to
their microenvironment, with long term effects on fetal, postnatal, and adult health, thus …

Developmental programming, which proposes that “insults” or “stressors” during intrauterine
or postnatal development can have not only immediate but also long-term consequences for …

For nearly three decades, tissue engineering strategies have been leveraged to devise
effective therapeutics for dental, oral, and craniofacial (DOC) regenerative medicine and …

The focus of this review is maternal nutrition during the periconceptual period and offspring
developmental outcomes in beef cattle, with an emphasis on the first 50 d of gestation, which …

Introduction Prior to pregnancy, hormonal changes lead to cellular adaptations in the
endometrium allowing for embryo implantation. Critical for successful pregnancy …

Purpose Epidemiologic data suggest that in vitro fertilization (IVF) is associated with an
increased risk of disorders of placentation including preeclampsia and fetal growth …

Assisted reproductive techniques (ART) and parental nutritional status have profound effects
on embryonic/fetal and placental development, which are probably mediated via …