A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — ...

“I was always interested in how cells decide their fate,” Zernicka-Goetz said. In the mouse developing embryo, she previously demonstrated a bias at the two-cell stage: one cell contributed more to ...

Placenta is not unique to mammals. Certain fish and reptiles have placenta-like connections allowing diffusion of materials between vascularized oviduct and embryo. Mammalian placenta is much more ...

4 This area of the endometrium is transformed early on in pregnancy and acts as a fluffy bed in which the embryo grows. As the blastocyst burrows, the trophectoderm begins to differentiate into ...

shows that the effects of alcohol exposure on an embryo prior to implantation in the uterus can be detected in the late-gestation placenta. Using a mouse model well suited for this type of ...

One function of the deciduum is to provide nutritional support to the developing embryo before the establishment of a functional placenta. Numerous signalling molecules, including cytokines ...

A study led by NYU Langone Health discovered that oxytocin delays embryo development in stressed mice, providing insights ...

in which an embryo temporarily stops growing early in its development before it attaches to the lining of its mother's uterus, a key step leading to the formation of the placenta. Known to occur ...

Writing in this month’s edition of the journal Placenta, they show how glucose and other nutrients are delivered in the early stages of pregnancy before the foetus is large and developed enough to ...

Caption The placenta is essential for embryo development and acts as an interface between the embryo and mother for the exchange of gas, nutrient, and waste products. Mutations that affect cohesin ...