Many natural things are kind of disgusting to us. Our cultural traits make it so that we are disgusted by
Category: Placenta
New insight into gestational diabetes
The team discovered that the placentas of women treated with the drugs didn’t exhibit DNA alterations associated with type 2
Engineers develop placenta-on-a-chip to study caffeine transport from mother to fetus
Engineers have used microfluidic technology to create a “placenta-on-a-chip” that models how compounds can be passed from a mother to
PFAS chemicals pass from mother to fetus throughout pregnancy
In a study published in Environment International researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden show how PFAS industrial chemicals, which are used in
West Nile virus causes fetal brain damage like Zika
West Nile and Powassan can spread from an infected pregnant mouse to her fetuses, causing brain damage and fetal death,
Changes in mother’s bacteria causes premature birth
A study of hundreds of women, carried out at Imperial College London, found that subtle changes to the bacteria present
Zika virus damages placenta
Zika virus is known for a recent outbreak that caused children to be born with microencephaly, or having a small
IVF increases the risk of premature birth
In vitro fertilization IVF increases the risk of women giving birth prematurely. Ten per cent of women who conceived through
DNA antenatal screening for Down’s syndrome
Scientist have demonstrated that it is possible to incorporate DNA analysis into antenatal screening for three serious chromosome disorders, including
Fetal gene can cause preeclampsia
Preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure and signs of damage to kidneys and liver. Preeclampsia usually
