How Paternal Sperm Epigenetics Influences Early Pregnancy Loss

Texas A&M University researchers are investigating the paternal role in early pregnancy loss, shifting focus to sperm epigenetics and male fertility factors that affect over 50% of human conceptions and roughly half of cattle pregnancies. According to Lacey Luense, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of … Read more

How Vitamin A and Folic Acid Prevent Birth Defects

Folic acid prevents serious neural tube birth defects by interacting with an enzyme called ALDH1L1 to produce retinoic acid, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and NOVA Medical School discovered that without this specific enzyme pathway, vitamin B9 loses … Read more