The first stages of placental development take place days before the embryo starts to form in human pregnancies. The finding highlights the importance of healthy placental development in pregnancy ...

Pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia and preterm birth often arise during the late stage of pregnancy. However, ...

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 co ...

Pioneering research led has provided new insight into formation of the human embryo. Pioneering research led by experts from the University of Exeter's Living Systems Institute has provided new ...

The placenta has long been thought to produce serotonin during pregnancy. But in a new study, Yale researchers shatter the ...

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.

Studies suggest microplastics can block or interfere with the normal pathways cells use to communicate, trigger programmed ...

Microplastics have been discovered in human placentas, raising concerns about potential risks to fetal development. These ...

Until now, scientific evidence has been inconclusive regarding the ability of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, to replicate in the human placenta. Answering this question, as well as ...

Goands The fetal gonads develop from proliferating coelomic epithelium as did the fetal adrenal glands (Table 1). Longitudinal ridges, the gonadal ridges, develop on each side of the midline on the ...