Pregnancy is often considered as a miraculous journey that ends in the joyful arrival of a newborn. However, this transformative process is not without its risks. Postpartum haemorrhage(PPH), defined ...

The major egg yolk genes, those that express vitellogenins, appear to have progressively lost their functionality during mammalian evolution, probably due to the emergence of the mammalian-specific ...

For the first time, researchers have mapped the complete trajectory of placental development, helping shed new light on why pregnancy disorders happen. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, ...

Normal placentation relies on an efficient maternal adaptation to pregnancy. Within the decidua, natural killer (NK) cells and dendritic cells (DC) have a critical role in modulating angiogenesis and ...

Platelet cells, which prevent mammals from bleeding non-stop, first evolved around 300 million years ago in an egg-laying animal similar to the modern duck-billed platypus, finds new research.

A 29-year-old Gravida 4, Para 2-1-0-3 female at 33 weeks 2 days gestation with a history of an endometrial ablation presented with preterm premature rupture of membranes. The patient had been ...

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