We have all had one, and we owe our lives to it. It’s the first organ to develop and it simultaneously serves as the lungs, kidneys, immune system, and digestive tract, to name a few, in a fetus while ...

Scientists are uncovering how the placenta, long viewed as a temporary pregnancy organ, acts as a powerful biological ...

Scientists working with an experimental mouse model at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) have identified the essential role of the gene GPR126 in the development of the ...

Newly reported research in mice is the first to provide direct evidence that loss of a placental hormone can alter long-term brain development in offspring. The study, headed by researchers in the ...