Find out when the placenta forms, and how the placenta supports your baby during your pregnancy.

Researchers found microplastics in every single placenta tested during a study. The adverse health impacts of nano- and microplastics is not fully known, but research is emerging that shows the damage ...

In a recent study, researchers uncovered a concerning discovery: microplastics, or tiny particles of plastic waste, were found in every single human placenta tested. This finding emphasizes the ...

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 behavioral traits that have made human societies able to thrive ...

A gene that turns on very early in embryonic development could be key to the formation of the placenta, which provides the developing fetus with what it needs to thrive during gestation. The placenta ...

The placenta is a defining feature of the main group of mammals, to which humans belong. It is the interface across which mother and fetus exchange nutrients and waste products during pregnancy. The ...

Researchers reported finding microplastics in all 62 of the placenta samples tested, with concentrations ranging from 6.5 to 790 micrograms per gram of tissue. A flurry of recent studies has found ...

The human placenta may contain substances that would diminish these problems, but this has not been scientifically tested. At present there is no good evidence that human mothers miss out by not ...