Objective This document addresses the clinical application of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies for prenatal genetic diagnosis and aims to establish clinical practice recommendations in ...

Cedars-Sinai and UCLA investigators have studied first trimester placental tissue and found that for some genes, the process that turns their information into a biological function may depend on the ...

Courtesy Getty Images In some rare cases, chorionic villus sampling can cause the mother to come into contact with the infant's blood, leading to alloimmunization. In pregnancies at risk of developing ...

aAssisted Reproduction Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China bDepartment of Gynecology, Center for ...

Angiotensin II (Ang II) and apelin have opposing actions in the regulation of blood pressure, vascular tone and angiogenesis, factors known to be important in pregnancy. Chorionic villi (CV) are ...

This important study uses single-cell transcriptomics to analyze syncytiotrophoblasts in two trophoblast organoid models compared to primary placental tissue, providing compelling insights into ...

Cutting-edge DNA mapping technology identified new genetic information that can help researchers decipher more genetic diseases, a new study found. The research will be presented at the Pediatric ...

Bulgaria-born Villi Iltchev built an unlikely career as an early investor in now-public GitLab — generating $900 million in profits from one deal — among other unicorns like Remote. Now with Category ...

Most people are born with 46 chromosomes that are divided into 23 pairs. Chromosome pairs carry genes from each parent, which determine a person’s physical characteristics, like their height or eye ...