Preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication involving the placenta that can be serious -- even fatal -- for the mother or fetus. The only effective treatment option is premature delivery. Now for the ...

Researchers have developed a 'placenta-on-a-chip' to study the inner workings of the human placenta and its role in pregnancy. The device was designed to imitate, on a micro-level, the structure and ...

Background: Leptin is a growth factor for the fetus. The sources for maternal and fetal leptin plasma levels are the adipose tissue and the placenta. Placental leptin release elevates maternal leptin ...

NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers and their colleagues have developed a "placenta-on-a-chip" to study ...