Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists ...

Microplastics – tiny bits of degraded polymers that are ubiquitous in our air, water and soil – have lodged themselves throughout the human body, including the liver, kidney, placenta and ... The ...

Microplastics are accumulating in human brains at alarming rates, with concentrations rising 50% in the past eight years.

South Africa faces a significant public health challenge with a reported 1 739 congenital syphilis cases in 2023, far exceeding the global target. This article explores the implications, causes, and ...

But there are non-infectious causes of infertility to consider as well.  In this episode, Dr. Fauna Smith, Assistant ...

The researchers analyzed the metagenomes of control and Am-exposed mothers to understand the mechanisms driving the differences in stem cell characteristics ... some of which can cross the placenta, ...

Baseline characteristics of all participating mothers and their ... CRIB was the first industry-sponsored PK study evaluating placental transfer of a biologic, CZP, from mothers to their infants.

We propose a first step that incorporates the placental biomarker placenta growth factor (PlGF ... been subclassified by clinical severity determined by maternal and fetal characteristics. 9 For ...

The HR was 1.61 (95% CI 1.35 to 1.91) after adjustment for demographic characteristics, diabetes ... as any diagnosis of gestational hypertension, pre-eclampsia, placental abruption and/or placental ...

Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the virus manages to cross the placenta, which nurtures the developing ...

Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, ...