Mono-mono twins are an incredibly rare type of identical twins who share both a placenta and an amniotic sac. While this makes for a high-risk pregnancy, advances in monitoring and treatment have ...

It is produced initially by yolk sac cells and then by hepatocytes ... AFP measurement in amniotic fluid and maternal serum is used in prenatal diagnosis. The concentration of AFP in amniotic ...

Researchers analyzed the properties of amniotic fluid obtained by amniocentesis, a prenatal test that involves sampling a small amount of amniotic fluid to examine the health of the pregnancy ...

This is the first step towards placenta digital twins. Armita Najmi, Ph.D. candidate in Grande Gutiérrez's lab and lead author of the paper said, "Our computational study provides practical ...

1 Institute of Infection, Immunology and Tumor Microenvironment, Wuchang Hospital Affiliated to Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Medical College, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, ...