Doctors knew my baby was going to be stillborn. They refused to intervene, even though my life was at risk
This story is part of an investigative series and new documentary, The A-Word, by The Independent examining the state of abortion access and reproductive care in the US after the fall of Roe v Wade.Nicole Blackmon was in the depths of mourning, her only son gunned down by stray bullets just months beforehand, when she discovered in July 2022 that she was pregnant with a baby she and her husband called their “miracle.”The pregnancy was a surprise that brought a welcome new emotion — “joy,” Nicole says in The A-Word, a new documentary by The Independent — amid profound...
Researchers have developed a new technique that helps to observe fetuses in real time!
Researchers in Australia have developed a new approach to studying early fetal development by using quail eggs. Quail embryos, which share similarities with human embryonic development, are ideal for observation due to their growth inside eggs. This enables scientists to scan and monitor the embryos in real time easily. The team used quails bred to express a fluorescent peptide that binds to actin proteins, which form the structure of the early embryo. This allowed them to observe the migration of cells and the formation of organs such as the heart, brain, and spinal cord.