In a significant medical milestone, the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at AIIMS Bhopal successfully performed its first ...

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 ...

In this procedure, a small sample of placental tissue (chorionic villi) was collected and sent for genetic testing. This prenatal test helps detect potential genetic disorders in the baby.

Because the placenta is derived from the extraembryonic portion of the early embryo, the villus cells in the placenta have the same genetic composition as the cells in the fetus's tissues ...