An additional ultrasound measurement to assess resistance in fetal blood vessels can improve the decision of whether to ...

Fetal membrane and placental prostaglandins in a murine model of parturition by Shallow, Maria Christine Publication date 2001 Topics Prostaglandins -- Physiological effect, Prostaglandins -- ...

Pregnancy’s 100-million-year secret: Inside the placenta’s evolutionary power play New study identifies the evolutionary origins of the cells and molecular signals bridging mother to fetus ...

The species included humans, macaques, mice, guinea pigs, the tenrec (an early placental mammal), and the opossum (a marsupial whose evolutionary path diverged before complex placentas emerged). The ...

At the center of this is the fetal-maternal interface: the site in the womb where a baby's placenta meets the mother's uterus, and where two genetically distinct organisms – mother and fetus ...

The “Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment” (EXIT) procedure is a specialized surgical technique used during cesarean delivery to perform life-saving fetal interventions while maintaining placental ...

Fetal cardiovascular magnetic resonance is an emerging tool for prenatal congenital heart disease assessment, but long acquisition times and fetal movements limit its clinical use. This study ...

Within the uteroplacental circulation, the hemostatic system faces the conflicting physiological challenges of maintaining the fluidity of maternal blood at the fetal–maternal interface while ...