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In a recent study, researchers uncovered a concerning discovery: microplastics, or tiny particles of plastic waste, were found in every single human placenta tested. This finding emphasizes the ...

Researchers found that low oxygen in preeclamptic placentas increases BACE1 activity and amyloid-β production. These proteins ...

We are gathered here today to celebrate the life of an organ that passed very quietly from this world on the day that you were born, the placenta. Also called the afterbirth, it’s the human body’s ...

A study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, UTHealth Houston and collaborating institutions reveals that maternal COVID-19 ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. When Mana Parast was a medical resident in 2003, she had an experience that would change the course of her entire career: her first fetal autopsy. The ...

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioral traits that have made human societies able to thrive ...

The discovery of a gene essential to early embryonic development sheds light on the preliminary stages of human placenta formation. A team led by scientists from the University of California San Diego ...

Researchers found microplastics in every single placenta tested during a study. The adverse health impacts of nano- and microplastics is not fully known, but research is emerging that shows the damage ...