The placenta, critical for healthy embryo development, is a multi- purpose organ with a precise lifespan—the length of a pregnancy. New research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research ...

By computationally replicating realistic placenta blood flow, Noelia Grande Gutiérrez of Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Mechanical Engineering is addressing this lack of data. A ...

The placenta plays a central role in fetal development by regulating nutrient transfer, hormonal signaling, and immune interactions, thereby shaping lifelong health outcomes. Evidence from ...

The placenta could be one reason why some women develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy, a new study finds. A deficit in the way the placenta expresses the gene for a hormone called insulin-like ...

A new study shows oxygenation levels in the placenta, formed during the last three months of fetal development, are an important predictor of cortical growth (development of the outermost layer of the ...

Cambridge scientists have identified a key protein that could act as a predictor for preeclampsia and fetal growth ...

More than 100 genes linked to the risk of schizophrenia seem to cause illness because of their role in the placenta rather than in the developing brain, according to a new study led by the Lieber ...

The molecular evolution of placental protein NRK and its function in regulating placental growth has finally been clarified by researchers from Tokyo Tech. They elucidated that eutherian NRK regulates ...

Six common “forever chemicals”—may disrupt early placental development and endanger pregnancy health before most women are even aware they are pregnant, according to a new study. Properly known as per ...

The placenta is integral to fetal growth, functioning not only as an exchange organ for oxygen, nutrients and waste, but also as an endocrine and immunological interface between the mother and fetus.

Scientists demonstrate the direct transmission of bisphenol A (BPA) from a mother to her developing child via the placenta could negatively impact fetal brain development. In a new study, scientists ...