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Study reveals factors that can make placenta less capable of protecting fetus from zika
Genetic factors that reduce the placenta’s capacity to protect the fetus from the zika virus are described by Brazilian researchers…
Researchers identify proteins that prevent COVID-19 transmission through the placenta
Researchers from Boston Medical Center’s Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases have identified properties in placenta tissue that may play…
3-D modelling identifies nutrient exchange in the human placenta
New three-dimensional imaging of the human placenta has been developed to help understand the reasons for fetal growth restriction—a condition…