Review: placental galectins can defend against or enable viruses
A review finds that placental galectins can restrain damaging inflammation or facilitate viral interactions depending on the protein, pathogen, cell ...
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Rethinking the placenta: why fetal oxygen demand may matter more than maternal symptoms
A new hypothesis proposes that placental sufficiency should be defined by the balance between fetal oxygen demand and system supply, ...
Preeclampsia-Linked Protease Prostasin Found Essential for Embryonic Blood Cell Maturation
New research in mice shows that loss of the preeclampsia-associated protease prostasin disrupts fetal red blood cell development and vascular ...
The Maternal-Fetal Communicatome: How Pregnancy Acts as One Unified Physiological Network
A new scoping review reframes pregnancy as a unified, adaptive physiological network whose decoupling may serve as an early-warning marker ...
Maternal Stress and Fetal Sex Shape Prenatal microRNA Signals Tied to Children’s Anxiety Risk
A new study links specific microRNAs in prenatal maternal blood and the placenta to preschoolers' anxiety and depression symptoms, with ...
Poor Household Water and Sanitation Linked to Dangerous Pregnancy Complications in Africa
A large cohort study across The Gambia, Kenya and Mozambique finds that households without piped water or improved sanitation face ...
Micro- and Nanoplastics May Disrupt Neural Crest Development, Review Proposes Testable Model
Micro- and nanoplastics have now been detected in some of the most intimate environments the human body contains: the placenta, ...
Mammary Glands May Have Evolved to Pass Beneficial Microbes From Mother to Offspring, New Framework Proposes
The proposal arrives at a moment when mammalian microbiome research has matured considerably, yet its evolutionary interpretation remains fragmented. Most ...
Microplastics Found in Human Placentas: New Mass Spectrometry Method Separates Real Signal From Lipid Interference
A new Py-GCxcIMS method detects micro- and nanoplastics in 41 percent of human placentas while filtering out lipid false positives, ...
Placental Hormone GDF15 Emerges as Key Driver of Fetal Growth and Potential Therapy
New research in mice and pigs shows that the placental hormone GDF15 drives fetal growth by activating a STAT3-IGF2 signaling ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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