Researchers have developed a 'placenta-on-a-chip' to study the inner workings of the human placenta and its role in pregnancy. The device was designed to imitate, on a micro-level, the structure and ...

The processes involved in placental development are highly regulated to ensure normal growth of the developing fetal tissues and the maintenance of a healthy pregnancy. A unique function of the ...

If the development of blood vessels in the placenta is impaired, fetal growth retardation may result. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Mannheim Medical Faculty of ...

Background: The dual in vitro placenta perfusion model allows the separated ex vivo perfusion of the maternal & fetal circulation and the investigation of the different functions of the placenta. The ...

More than one in 10 babies worldwide are born prematurely, according to the World Health Organization. Now scientists report that they have developed an organ-on-a-chip that could help explain why.

FROM the moment of conception an interplay of biochemical processes ensures the growth and development of the fetus and its placenta. Such an interplay must function under an intricate system of ...

National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers want to study the biology of human placenta to better understand its role in pregnancy. In order to study the biology of the placenta, researchers ...

WASHINGTON -- Scientists carefully probe a placenta donated after birth, bluish umbilical cord still attached. This is the body's most mysterious organ, and inside lie clues to how this giver of life ...

Placenta changes could mean male offspring of older mums more likely to develop heart problems in later life, rat study finds. Changes occur in the placenta in older pregnant mothers leading to a ...

Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2013;9(3):235-249. There are strong inherent difficulties associated with research on human pregnancy, including the associated ethical problems providing complications in ...