How alcohol leads to birth defects – clues from embryo heart images

January 6, 2014

Scientists have found a way to image the very early development of the embryonic heart in research that may help them to explain how drinking alcohol in pregnancy can lead to heart defects at the baby’s birth.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/270739.php

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