“I had nothing to lose,” Williams says. A placenta's amnion, also known as amniotic membrane – a thin inner layer of tissue that once surrounded an embryo — was applied to his foo ...

Preterm birth (PTB) continues to pose a challenge in neonatal medicine, and it is the major cause of perinatal morbidity and ...

In extraplacental membranes, fetal stromal cells and maternal decidual cells and macrophages showed the greatest changes in gene expression pathways such as apoptosis, cell migration, and inflammation ...

The chorion has three layers: cytotrophoblastic, chorionic connective tissue, and basement membrane. The chorion lies closest to the placenta. The chorionic sac encompasses the fetus and the ...

A Rhode Island couple welcomed the birth of their beautiful quadruplet baby girls at a Valley hospital several days ago.