fetus

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Although prior immunity usually protects the fetus, routine screening is not available in some countries, highlighting the challenges of managing an infection that is widespread but often symptom-free.

From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026

Conversely, maternal cells circulating in the pregnant mother’s bloodstream commonly slip through into the fetus and get incorporated into its body.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

Quadros’s research has found that a specific autoantibody blocks the transport of folate from mother to fetus during pregnancy and when present after birth, the infant’s brain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

The medical consensus is that it should only be used to battle high fevers that can be dangerous for both the mother and the developing fetus.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2025

I watched the fetus that was me, floating in a dark watery world, and wondered if I should remember that, too.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson