fetus

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The show pairs the painting with a Kiki Smith sculpture, created over five decades later, that portrays the papery form of a woman from the waist down, her fetus dangling by an umbilical cord.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

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

Cells from older biological siblings—or even the mother’s relatives—can end up inside the fetus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 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

In some mutants, whole segments of the embryo disappeared, or the thorax or abdominal compartments were drastically shortened—analogous to a human fetus born with no middle or with no hind segment.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee