The Cleveland Clinic describes the vital role of a healthy placenta. It's a temporary organ that forms in the uterus, or womb ...

Mono-di twins share a placenta, which means they need extra monitoring to make sure they're getting enough nutrients and ...

The addition of Marion General means the Lifeline of Ohio Placenta Donation Program will be available at all OhioHealth ...

Di-di twins are like roommates with their own room and fridge. They each have their own placenta and amniotic sac – and ...

Birth tissue donation is part of a growing statewide program with thousands of participants run through Tennessee Donor Services.

Subclinical and chronic placental pathologic conditions may accompany apparently acute situations, such as spontaneous preterm labor or premature rupture of membranes, and indicate an underlying ...

“The placenta is a fetal organ, but it has maternal cells infiltrating ... cells are fetal because they may have different contributions.” In extraplacental membranes, fetal stromal cells and maternal ...

This is the first step towards placenta digital twins. Armita Najmi, Ph.D. candidate in Grande Gutiérrez's lab and lead author of the paper said, "Our computational study provides practical ...

Preterm birth (PTB) continues to pose a challenge in neonatal medicine, and it is the major cause of perinatal morbidity and ...