Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have made new discoveries about amniotic fluid, a substance historically ...

Federal regulators have warned a Waco company that its human amniotic products are “unlicensed” and “unapproved,” and that ...

Multidisciplinary research team eager to harness the potential of this vital substance to improve prenatal, maternal health A ...

During gestation, the fetus floats in a protective pool of amniotic fluid. 6 The yellowish liquid contains a concoction of nutrients and antibodies produced by the parent as well as less glamorous ...

Viewer discretion is advised. A video from a Spanish hospital captures the moment a baby is born within the amniotic sac, an occurrence that only happens 1 in every 80,000 births. It is also known ...

Robert Pattinson didn't believe that newborn babies had a specific smell until he became a father. A parenting expert has explained why.

Previable premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is when the amniotic sac, the protective membrane that surrounds the fetus, ruptures before 22 weeks of gestation. When it occurs so early in pregnancy, ...

Intra-amniotic infection (IAI), or chorioamnionitis, complicates up to 10% of all pregnancies and up to 2% of labors at term. There is a significant risk of complications for the mother and the ...

Background: Amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) has a long tradition in ophthalmic surgery and has become very popular recently because of newly developed methods of tissue preservation.

During the Carboniferous era, there were many amphibians; the first reptile evolved from labyrinthodont ancestor. Amniotic egg appears very early in reptilian evolution. Egg has several special ...

One eye required ProKera three times and then dehydrated amniotic membrane (AmbioDisk; IOP, Inc.) with a BSCL. In this eye, the epithelial defect decreased in size but persisted at the last follow ...