News tagged with human placenta


Placental blood flow can influence malaria during pregnancy

Malaria in pregnancy causes a range of adverse effects, including abortions, stillbirths, premature delivery and low infant birth weight. Many of these effects are thought to derive from a placental inflammatory ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Amniotic sac membrane could be source for human eggs

Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology say cells from the amniotic membrane part of the placenta normally discarded after a woman gives birth could one day be a source for human eggs. The first-of-its-kind ...

Medical research created Jan 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise benefits found for pregnancies with high blood pressure

Contrary to popular thought, regular exercise before and during pregnancy could have beneficial effects for women that develop high blood pressure during gestation, human physiology professor Jeff Gilbert said, summarizing ...

Health created Nov 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New assessment reveals value of second embryo biopsy for women of advanced maternal age

An elegant new study confirms that the most commonly used method of screening for embryo abnormalities following in vitro fertilization (IVF) does accurately predict the success of embryo transplantation for younger women, ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Nov 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blood vessel forming potential of stem cells from human placenta and umbilical cord blood

A study comparing whether endothelial colony-forming cells (ECFCs) derived from human placenta or those derived from human umbilical cord blood are more proliferative and better for forming new blood vessels has found that ...

Medical research created Jul 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neurologic improvement detected in rats receiving stem cell transplant

In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report that early transplantation of human placenta-derived mesenchymal ...

Medical research created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Feds crack down on homeopathic weight loss remedy

(AP) -- Federal regulators are ordering several companies to stop selling an unproven weight loss remedy that uses protein from the human placenta.

Medications created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Evolution offers clues to leading cause of death during childbirth

(Medical Xpress) -- Unusual features of the human placenta may be the underlying cause of postpartum hemorrhage, the leading cause of maternal deaths during childbirth, according to evolutionary research at the University ...

Medical research created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0