Now, scientists at Scripps Research have identified a key player in the placenta's transformation-a molecule called ...

During the first weeks of pregnancy, the developing placenta in a mother's womb undergoes a dramatic change. Individual cells ...

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia study highlights the role of genetic and developmental pathways on fetal health and outcomes in congenital heart disease PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

Learn how placental malperfusion affects outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease and what genetic links reveal - keep reading to ...

The first stages of placental development take place days before the embryo starts to form in human pregnancies. The finding highlights the importance of healthy placental development in pregnancy, ...

Newly reported research in mice is the first to provide direct evidence that loss of a placental hormone can alter long-term brain development in offspring. The study, headed by researchers in the ...

The molecular evolution of placental protein NRK and its function in regulating placental growth has finally been clarified. They elucidated that eutherian NRK regulates placental development by a ...

We have all had one, and we owe our lives to it. It’s the first organ to develop and it simultaneously serves as the lungs, kidneys, immune system, and digestive tract, to name a few, in a fetus while ...

The first stages of placental development take place days before the embryo starts to form in human pregnancies. The finding highlights the importance of healthy placental development in pregnancy, ...

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) discovered that placental malperfusion (PMP), a condition that ...