Organoids are made to model human organs and are promising for research and therapy, but there are limitations in their ...

“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 ...

A recent study found that placenta-derived IL1α under hypoxic conditions, can greatly increase growth of human stem ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the first week, our cells reach their first turning point: They must become either placenta or embryo. Then, in the developing embryo, cells form three primary layers — ectoderm, mesoderm and ...

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 ...