(HealthDay News) — For pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes, falling insulin requirement (FIR) is associated with altered expression of placental antiangiogenic factors and preeclampsia, ...

Placental insufficiency is a rare but grave complication that occurs when the placenta is damaged or doesn’t develop properly. It is otherwise known as placental dysfunction or uteroplacental vascular ...

WASHINGTON - (Jan. 4, 2018) - In pregnancies complicated by fetal congenital heart disease (CHD), global placental perfusion was significantly decreased and regional variation of placental perfusion ...

Magnus Life Science today announces that the European Medicines Agency (EMA)'s Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) has reached a positive decision on recommending orphan designation to ...

A new study identified an adenovirus gene therapy vector carrying a VEGF isoform. It can improve uterine blood flow in placental insufficiency, as reported in the peer-reviewed journal Human Gene ...

Researchers identified a previously unknown placental molecular process disrupted by gestational diabetes, helping explain pregnancy complications and long-term health risks for children.

Kisspeptin is a pregnancy hormone produced by the placenta, and its levels rise rapidly in the first trimester. Research ...

Pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders, most notably pre‐eclampsia, represent a complex spectrum of conditions that can lead to significant maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. These ...

Yellow coloring in this microscope image is the mark of successful delivery of gene therapy via nanoparticles into placental cells from monkeys (each marked by blue-colored nuclei) and expression of a ...

Severity of placental pathology was negatively correlated with the child's cortical gray matter, cerebellar, and total brain volumes based on preoperative cerebral MRIs taken at a median postnatal age ...