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.

In order to gain a better understanding of how such malformations can arise, Augustin and his team have now examined the blood vessels of the mouse placenta at the single-cell level. The ...

If the development of blood vessels in the placenta is impaired, fetal growth retardation may result. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Mannheim Medical Faculty of ...

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

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

Organoids are small-scale models that mimic human organs. These models could help scientists understand diseases and test treatments, and potentially ...