To work toward earlier detection, Nadkarni studies the placenta. The organ grows in a gestating mammal’s uterus to nourish a fetus—but can do that properly only if the immune system is working.

There are a number of available in vitro models for the study of human placental development with varying degrees of physiological relevance. 2,4,7 Choriocarcinoma cells, derived from malignant tumors ...

1 That was until a few years ago, when researchers generated mouse pups using genetic material from two same ... Although this strategy successfully generated embryos, they failed to develop a ...