Epigenetic changes in the placenta may shape how the fetal brain develops and thus influence the risk of psychiatric ...

The placenta keeps the fetus healthy in the womb and, after birth, can be donated to strangers to offer "miraculous" healing ...

Groundbreaking analysis of 300k+ medical records shows women take up to a year to recover after childbirth, and blood tests ...

How does the virus pass from mother to fetus? A team of researchers from ... but these viruses don't cross the placenta. With experiments in human placenta cells in vitro, meaning in a culture ...

The chorion lies closest to the placenta. The chorionic sac encompasses the fetus and the amnion and is covered with chorionic villi until the 8th week. After the 8th week, these villi are ...