Maternal obesity alters the structure of the placenta (a vital organ that nourishes the baby during pregnancy) more than gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM; a condition is diagnosed by poor glucose ...

Your hormones work tirelessly during pregnancy to support your baby’s growth. Progesterone is a vital hormone during the early developmental stages of pregnancy. Its role goes beyond preparing your ...

If the development of blood vessels in the placenta is impaired, fetal growth retardation may result. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Mannheim Medical Faculty of ...

Astrud Tuck receives funding from the Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation. An incredibly complex and important organ in its own right, the placenta is only found in mammals. And how it functions ...

FROM the moment of conception an interplay of biochemical processes ensures the growth and development of the fetus and its placenta. Such an interplay must function under an intricate system of ...

This study measured real-life PFAS concentrations in first-trimester human placentas and used these data to create a ...

Oliver Griffith receives funding from Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies. Considering how different they look from the outside, it might be surprising that all vertebrates – animals with a backbone ...

Placenta and its function The placenta is an organ that forms in the uterus during pregnancy, and aids in providing nutrition to the growing fetus. It also is useful in the exchange of gases, and ...