Preterm birth (PTB) continues to pose a challenge in neonatal medicine, and it is the major cause of perinatal morbidity and ...

UAF scientists have found microplastics in all marine mammals species they’ve studied so far, and new results show passage ...

Mono-mono twins are an incredibly rare type of identical twins who share both a placenta and an amniotic sac. While this makes for a high-risk pregnancy, advances in monitoring and treatment have ...

We feel more blessed than we ever expected to be,” said mother Rachel Vargas, of Cranston, whose pregnancy doctors considered ...

After 30 weeks and three days of uncertainty and complications, the Cranston couple successfully delivered four identical ...

The odds of having identical quadruplets are one in 11 million births. With Rachel Vargas's complications, her babies are one ...

The pleura (plural: pleurae) is a two-layered membrane that covers the lung. Between the layers is a small amount of lubricating fluid, known as pleural fluid, which helps cushion the lung and reduce ...

Preeclampsia, intrauterine fetal growth restriction, and other "great obstetrical syndromes" have been linked to disordered placenta development, so understanding the structure and function of ...

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah Tech University, St. George, Utah 84770, United States Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409, ...

Healthy placenta tissue located 3 cm from the edge of the placenta was identified. A rectangle measuring 0.5 cm across and 3 cm in length and approximately 1- to 1.5-cm deep, was cut from the maternal ...