The ex vivo perfusion model of human placenta provides an important tool in exploring medicines for therapies of immunologic diseases. Existing antibodies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases ...

Fetuses with CHD show reduced placental blood flow, malperfusion defects, and impaired growth, affecting clinical outcomes.

Preeclampsia, intrauterine fetal growth restriction, and other "great obstetrical syndromes" have been linked to disordered ...

Previous research had suggested that some heart defects could be triggered by problems with the placenta, the organ that provides oxygen and nutrients to the developing embryo. Now, researchers at ...

For children and adults who are otherwise healthy, the disease is usually mild. But for people with a weakened immune system, ...

Researchers at the University of Adelaide's Robinson Research Institute have uncovered a new critical role for the immune ...

While rare in most cowherds, retained placentas jeopardize reproductive efficiency and can rob operations of profit potential ...

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 ...

A Hospital Readmission That’s Linked to Ischemic Placental Disease In the largest study of its kind, researchers have revealed that women who experienced ischemic placental disease during ...