But they are a normal part of your baby's development ... "Fetal hiccups occur to help fetal lung maturation in utero," Dr.

“The other possibility that [these organoids] open up is to study the development of the lung at a stage where the access to that tissue is very difficult,” said De Coppi. Given the varied legal ...

Nicotine, for instance, readily crosses the placenta and accumulates in fetal lung tissue, altering normal cell signaling pathways essential for airway formation. Animal studies reveal nicotine ...

Oregon Health & Science University researchers have found that consuming cannabis while pregnant could affect fetal lung development and function, potentially leading to the development of chronic ...