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Australian researchers have settled a longstanding controversy as to whether the womb is sterile. A new study based on contamination controls has confirmed that exposure to influential bacteria begins in the womb and could help to shape the developing foetal immune system, gut and brain. The study’s researchers gathered amniotic …

For a few short days after birth, newborn babies offer clues for healing hearts as the heart can regenerate damaged tissue. A winner of the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia’s Metcalf Prizes, Associate Professor Enzo Porrello wants to understand why this ability turns off, so that he and colleagues …