ICMR and IIT Bombay researchers develop a platform that mimics key functions of the placenta and could help researchers understand how medicines, pollutants and infections reach the foetus without ...

Pregnant women undergo all kinds of medical checks. This is to monitor the health of both the mother and child and to detect potential abnormalities as early as possible. Although the ultrasound ...

Indian researchers have unveiled a groundbreaking "placenta-on-chip" technology, a lab-grown model replicating crucial functions of the human placenta. This innovative platform, developed by ...

The placenta has long been thought to produce serotonin during pregnancy. But in a new study, Yale researchers shatter the deep-rooted hypothesis—and show that the placenta doesn't produce serotonin ...

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-on-chip mimics the human placental barrier, helping researchers study pregnancy complications and maternal-fetal ...

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioral traits that have made human societies able to thrive ...

The placenta delivers oxygen and nutrients, removes waste products, protects the developing fetus and produces hormones essential for sustaining pregnancy ...