infancy

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Children who carried epigenetic patterns associated with ASD were less likely to show signs of the condition if they acquired Lachnospira pectinoschiza during infancy.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

Quantum machines are in their infancy and while many companies are racing to build a scalable computer, nobody is known to have succeeded yet.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Ruck adds that there were "a few other tourists knocking about for a summer family holiday kind of thing", but that it "definitely felt like it was in its infancy".

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Although the technology remains in its infancy, there has been tremendous technical progress over the past year alone.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

I wanted to cry out that she was a baby still, but of course Nathan was right; she had left infancy forever.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya