IN 1949 I published a hypothesis suggesting that the cyto- and syncytio-trophoblast were derived from the granulosa cells that surround the egg when it leaves the ovary; the argument, however ...

Closely studied, stem cell lines might give scientists new clues ... Once removed from the blastocyst they lack the outer trophoblast structures for continued embryonic development, but they ...

The European Medicines Agency has recommended three new medicines to treat breast and cervical cancer and ...

Trophoblast cell surface antigen 2 (TROP2) is a transmembrane glycoprotein that acts as an intracellular calcium signal transducer, frequently overexpressed in cancer and associated with poor ...

Trophoblast cells of all pregnancy stages express receptors for IL-6-like cytokines that activate intracellular signaling cascades, such as the Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of ...

Fredrick Rosario-Joseph and colleagues created a line of mice in which the trophoblast-;the main cell type in the placenta ...