Beside the maternal uteroplacental circulation, the fetal blood circulates in the small blood vessels, including fetal capillaries, through the placenta, where the maternal and fetal blood ...

Although he identified abnormalities in many organs, it was in the examination of the lungs that he observed something “very peculiar:” large, multinuclear cells similar to those found in the placenta ...

Matthew Okula confirmed that his wife, influencer Hailey Okula, died at age 33 from an amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) after ...

We have previously shown fetal sex-specific effects on maternal physiology and placental function in ... with adaptive changes in the fetal circulation and placentally derived factors implicated ...

However, the placental pharmacokinetics of insulin ... The appearance of insulin glargine in the fetal circulation was analyzed by a chemiluminescence immunoassay. Insulin glargine (Lantus ...

An injection of anti-Rh antibodies (widely known by the trade name RhoGAM) given to the mother soon after birth neutralizes any fetal blood cells in their circulation before their immune system ...

Placental growth hormone (PGH ... It is only found in the maternal, but not fetal circulation. Its maternal levels rise profoundly between weeks 20 and 30 of gestation, thus progressively ...

Mariona Bustamante, a molecular epidemiologist at Barcelona Institute for Global Health, and her colleagues found that when pregnant women smoke, the habit impacts the placenta with consequences ...

The findings raise concerns about risks to fetal development ... Getty Scientists found microplastics in every single sample of placenta tissue examined in a recent study The type of plastic ...