In circumvallate placenta, the chorionic plate, which is the part of the placenta that’s on the fetal side, is too small. That causes the membranes to double back on the fetal side and around ...

With her initial test of her placenta-on-a-chip model, Hashemi determined that a steady if small amount of caffeine made it over to the “fetal” side after putting in a much greater amount on ...

This includes producing hormones, such as: estrogen human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) progesterone The placenta has two sides. The parental side is usually dark red in color, while the fetal side ...

Researchers lead a study showing the cellular detail of how the placenta changes during pregnancy. Early in pregnancy, something strange happens in the uterus: Cells from the fetal side of the ...

The placenta is an amazing structure in design ... side of these spaces and the umbilical cord is formed on the fetal side of this intervillous space. Maternal blood enters the intervillous ...

The placenta is a temporary organ that develops ... for and measured the amount of black carbon particles on the fetal side of the placentas. They found that the placentas of the women with ...

a team of researchers has detected particles of black carbon—the sooty black material emitted when fossil fuels are burned—on the side of the placenta that faces the fetus. The study ...

The team found that in the normally formed placenta, the activity of certain critical genes in the endothelial cells decreases from the maternal to the fetal side. This zonation occurs in relation ...

The researchers gathered placental samples from more than 20 ... particles of black carbon per cubic millimeter on the fetal side of their placentas. "There's no doubt that air pollution harms ...

Early in pregnancy, something strange happens in the uterus: Cells from the fetal side of the developing placenta invade the uterine endometrium and work with the mother’s immune system to remodel the ...