Researchers found microplastics in every single placenta tested during a study. The adverse health impacts of nano- and microplastics is not fully known, but research is emerging that shows the damage ...

Scientists have used a spectroscopy technique to identify and characterize microplastics in the human placenta. The study published in the journal Science of The Total Environment provides a detailed ...

Flinders University researchers have uncovered a biological process that could explain some stillbirths and pave the way for ...

The placenta's response to infections from malaria, toxoplasmosis and listeria has been mapped in high resolution, possibly paving the way for new treatment options. The first panoramic view of ...

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High-resolution imaging of the human placenta provides new insights into blood circulation patterns that are crucial for fetal development, according to a new study. These findings improve our ...

Until now, scientific evidence has been inconclusive regarding the ability of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, to replicate in the human placenta. Answering this question, as well as ...

Apart from possibly the great apes, no animal has a placenta quite like ours, 1 which makes it difficult to study. But studying the placenta is critical since it plays a role in life-threatening ...

A study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, UTHealth Houston and collaborating institutions reveals that maternal COVID-19 ...

Fetus, Between the 8th week of pregnancy and birth, the human being developing in the uterus is called a fetus. It undergoes significant growth, especially during the second trimester, growing from 3 ...