Scientists at the University of Technology Sydney 3D bioprinted placental organoids to study the placenta in eary pregnancy.

This breakthrough combines 3D bioprinting, organoid technology, and placental research. It may pave the way for safer drugs, a better understanding of preeclampsia, and lower risks for mothers and ...

Recognition of three basic placenta types by Otto Grosser over a century ago has proven its worth: non-invasive, moderately invasive or highly invasive. In contrast to the invasive types, no breakdown ...

By 3D bioprinting miniature placentas, scientists have provided a new way to study complications in pregnancy, with the ...

The emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in December 2019 was followed by its rapid worldwide spread, causing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to become a ...

During pregnancy, the placenta secretes hormones that increase insulin resistance, which may cause gestational diabetes (GD). Left untreated, diabetes can damage the placenta. GD begins in the ...

Recently, results have been presented which suggest that placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) is an IgG receptor, and that the transplacental transport of IgG from mother to fetus is dependent on the ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have shown for the first time that gestational obesity associated with infection by Zika virus influences the placenta's antiviral response, ...

In any placental mammal a finely tuned immune system protects its body against invasion. Detection of foreign proteins triggers rejection. Yet half the genes of a fetus in the mother’s womb stem from ...