Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) may cross the placental barrier and lead to fetal exposure. However, little is known about the factors that influence maternal-fetal transfer of these ...

Therefore, further research is required to examine the role of vitamin C in reducing placental abruption and the development of PROM. The review found in one study only an increased risk of abdominal ...

Autoimmune diseases are a diverse group of conditions in which immune system dysfunction promotes chronic inflammation and healthy tissue damage following exposure to an environmental antigen. A ...

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Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a ubiquitous class of chemicals, is associated with adverse outcomes such as pre-eclampsia, low infant birth weight, and later-life ...

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A new hypothesis suggests that the placenta—and the hormones it releases—may have been key drivers in the evolution of the human brain. The researchers propose that these hormonal influences ...

Bringing all these lines of evidence together, the authors propose that high levels of prenatal sex steroid hormones in the womb, combined with increased placental function, may have made human brains ...

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioural traits that have made human societies able to thrive ...

12. Xu M, Li X, Ma C, Lü Y, Ma X, Ma X. Effect of human placental mesenchymal stem cells transplantation on pulmonary vascular endothelial permeability and lung injury repair in mice with acute lung ...

Complications that may happen include: Placental Abruption Sometimes, the placenta becomes detached from the uterine wall too soon, leading to bleeding and less oxygen and nutrients to the fetus. The ...