Medical research
Stem cells reproduce the beginnings of the placenta
The Yasuhiro Takashima lab shows that naïve iPS cells can be induced to form all the stages that mimic early placenta development in humans.
Apr 8, 2021
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Genetics
Placenta is a dumping ground for genetic defects
In the first study of the genomic architecture of the human placenta, scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Cambridge and their collaborators have confirmed that the normal structure of the placenta ...
Mar 10, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Baby infected with coronavirus in the womb
A pregnant woman with suspected COVID-19 was rushed by ambulance to Skåne University Hospital, in Malmo, Sweden, suffering from sudden severe abdominal pain. The doctors noticed that the unborn infant had an abnormally low ...
Mar 1, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers find antibodies in placentas of pregnant women infected with COVID-19
A team of researchers with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, has found SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the placentas of multiple women who tested positive for ...
Diabetes
Placental function can illuminate future disease in adults and children
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered a direct association between placental function in pregnant women and future metabolic disorders in children and adults, a finding that could ...
Jan 22, 2021
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Study reveals factors that can make placenta less capable of protecting fetus from zika
Genetic factors that reduce the placenta's capacity to protect the fetus from the zika virus are described by Brazilian researchers in an article published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. According to the authors, the ...
Oct 27, 2020
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Health
First evidence that air pollution particles and metals are reaching the placenta
Pollution particles, including metals, have been found in the placentas of fifteen women in London, according to research led by Queen Mary University of London.
Sep 23, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers identify proteins that prevent COVID-19 transmission through the placenta
Researchers from Boston Medical Center's Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases have identified properties in placenta tissue that may play an important role in preventing the transmission of COVID-19 from a mother ...
Sep 2, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Predictive placentas: Using artificial intelligence to protect mothers' future pregnancies
After a baby is born, doctors sometimes examine the placenta—the organ that links the mother to the baby—for features that indicate health risks in any future pregnancies. Unfortunately, this is a time-consuming process ...
Sep 2, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Placenta can indicate how body responds to opioids during pregnancy
Scientists at the University of Missouri have discovered possible biological markers that they hope could one day help identify the presence of an opioid use disorder during human pregnancy.
Aug 27, 2020
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