But velamentous cord insertion is a complication in which the umbilical cord doesn’t insert into the placenta properly. “Velamentous cord insertion refers to the umbilical cord inserting into the ...

The fetal membranes consist of the chorion ... The chorion lies closest to the placenta. The chorionic sac encompasses the fetus and the amnion and is covered with chorionic villi until the ...

Therefore, they hypothesized that methylation can affect the activity of these placental genes — changing whether or not they ...

Preterm birth can be triggered by multiple factors involving the pregnant person, the fetus, the placenta or the fetal ...

two of the babies shared the same amniotic sac and had the umbilical cord inserted into the fetal membranes instead of the placenta, which could have resulted in a 30-40% risk of death.

but its continuous secretion at high levels during pregnancy sparked speculation that it may be an important placental hormone affecting both mother and, indirectly, fetus (9). In vivo experiments ...

The outer membrane (chorion ... and hormone synthesis of either peptides or steroids that regulate placental and fetal growth, and maternal systems with the protection of pregnancy.

She and her team first tracked cell lineage from the two-cell stage; they injected mRNA for green fluorescent protein (GFP) fused to a membrane ... the placenta and the inner cell mass (ICM) that ...