Lab-made organoids that mimic reproductive tissues could point to treatments for common conditions such as pre-eclampsia and ...

UTS scientists have achieved a major breakthrough by 3D bioprinting miniature placentas, providing a new way to study ...

A new study suggests that microplastics found in human placentas may have serious implications for fetal development.

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

Pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia and preterm birth often arise during the late stage of pregnancy. However, researchers have primarily relied on placental cells from early pregnancy to ...

A new study shows oxygenation levels in the placenta, formed during the last three months of fetal development, are an important predictor of cortical growth (development of the outermost layer of the ...

Scientists working with an experimental mouse model at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) have identified the essential role of the gene GPR126 in the development of the ...

A deficit in the way the placenta expresses the gene for a hormone called insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) appears linked to insulin resistance during pregnancy, researchers reported. Photo by ...

The molecular evolution of placental protein NRK and its function in regulating placental growth has finally been clarified. They elucidated that eutherian NRK regulates placental development by a ...

We have all had one, and we owe our lives to it. It’s the first organ to develop and it simultaneously serves as the lungs, kidneys, immune system, and digestive tract, to name a few, in a fetus while ...

A new study shows that severe flu infections in pregnant mice compromise both placental and brain barriers, allowing large ...