A path off Dale Road in Southampton was cordoned off by police after the discovery in June 2023 A mother and baby whose placenta was found on a path have been identified following an eight-month ...

Scientists at Cambridge have unveiled a fascinating mechanism where fetuses use a paternal gene to control the mother's ...

It carries oxygen and nutrients from the mother's blood to the fetus via the umbilical cord. After birth, the placenta naturally detaches and is expelled after the baby is born during vaginal birth or ...

The conditions can lead to heavy bleeding and sometimes put mother and baby's lives at risk. TV personality Kim Kardashian developed placenta accreta when pregnant with her daughter North West.

By the end of pregnancy, up to 10% of the DNA in her blood originates from the fetus. While most of these cells fade ...

A newly developed tool that harnesses computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI) may help clinicians rapidly evaluate ...

Researchers have discovered that the development of blood vessels in the mouse placenta is controlled epigenetically.

If the development of blood vessels in the placenta is impaired, fetal growth retardation may result. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Mannheim Medical Faculty of ...