Placental pathology reports contain valuable information that can influence maternal and neonatal health care however they are not always readily available to clinicians. While clinicians value ...

Placental vascular reactivity (PLVR) can help identify fetal congenital heart disease (CHD), according to a new study.

Scientists are uncovering how the placenta, long viewed as a temporary pregnancy organ, acts as a powerful biological predictor of lifelong health, linking prenatal environments to future risks of ...

For decades, scientists believed that babies encounter microbes for the very first time when they are born. Both a healthy womb and the placenta that nourishes the growing fetus, they said, are ...

Two recently published studies have highlighted the potential impact of SARS-CoV-2 infections during pregnancy. The studies found placental abnormalities and fetal haemorrhages could be associated ...

The placenta is an organ attached to the womb lining that supplies a developing fetus with nutrients and oxygen, as well as removing fetal waste and secreting hormones. The microbiome refers to the ...

An early mammal fossil discovered in Mongolia led to researchers asserting that the origins of placental mammals, which include humans, can be dated to approximately 65 million years ago in the ...

Evolutionary discrepancy A disagreement over when placental mammals first appeared could be resolved by factoring in a faster evolutionary rate. Fossil and DNA evidence suggest different timings for ...