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Nov. 9, 2023 A treatment to move blood from the umbilical cord into an infant's body may provide a safe option for preterm infants born after 28 weeks who need rapid support, suggests a new study. The ...
Nov. 29, 2023 A new study examined placentas donated by women who delivered in Hawaii from 2006 to 2021, and found the presence of microplastic particles in the placenta. ...
Nov. 14, 2023 Two new studies have given further weight to the benefits of delayed cord clamping, finding waiting for at least 2 minutes to clamp the umbilical cord of premature babies at birth could decrease the ...
Sep. 1, 2022 Scientists have managed to generate a new type of human cell in the lab using stem cells. The new cells closely resemble their natural counterparts in early human embryos. As a result, researchers ...
Nov. 22, 2022 Scientists have produced a proof of concept for a new and better way of caring for women facing the life-threatening situation of ectopic pregnancy, which occurs when a fertilized egg implants ...
Sep. 26, 2022 Combining microbiology with engineering technologies, this novel 3D model uses a single microfluidic chip to study the complicated processes that take place in malaria-infected placenta as well as ...
July 14, 2022 A groundbreaking study has uncovered 14,000 unique sites in DNA that together form the most elementary blueprint for embryogenesis -- the creation of ...
Nov. 11, 2024 Current guidelines recommend that pregnant people receive a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) -- which typically causes mild, cold-like symptoms in most adults but can be deadly for ...
Dec. 5, 2024 Nanoparticle-mediated gene therapy corrects a problem with the placenta that leads to pregnancy ...
July 28, 2023 A new study of cadmium in pregnant women yields crucial insights into the placenta's role in regulating toxin ...