New Stem-Cell Source Could Alter Debate
MSNBC - idea of a third way, a new category of stem cells that are readily available, perhaps ethically trouble-free and possibly as powerful and flexible in function as their embryonic counterparts: “amniotic-fluid stem cells,” found in both the placenta
Living with Down’s syndrome
IC Coventry - Doctors found my placenta had started to break down so she wasn’t getting any nutrients in the womb. “When she hadn’t grown in four weeks it was decided I needed an emergency caesarean. “There was a lot to cope with on that day and for me in particular
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CBS News - This can happen if the placenta tears away from the uterus as the baby leaves the birth canal or if the umbilical cord gets tangled or compressed. Either way, the oxygen that the baby breathes before it emerges is cut off, Senay said. “It doesn’t
Police: Milford mother says baby in trash was stillborn
MSNBC - A public works employee found the baby — with placenta and umbilical cord still attached — along with garbage inside a trash truck Saturday. “There is a claim that the baby was not born alive,” O’Loughlin said. The names of the parents were not
Placental infection linked with male preterm birth
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Male infants are more likely to be born by spontaneous preterm birth than are female infants. Laboratory studies are also more likely to show evidence of placenta infection when infants are male, researchers report. Lead
Virgin branches into stem cells
News.com.au - Stem cell storage works by saving human blood from the placenta or umbilical cord after birth. This blood is rich in hematopoietic stem cells, which are capable of adapting in the body and replacing damaged or diseased cells. Stem cells taken from
War in the Womb
ABC News - They come from the same fertilized egg but share one placenta that connects them to their mother’s blood supply. Each fetus fights the other to get enough blood to survive. According to Johnson, 60 percent to 70 percent of the time both babies die
Man With Twin Living Inside Him– A Medical Mystery Classic
ABC News - Usually, both twins die before birth from the strain of sharing a placenta. Sometimes, however, as in Bhagat’s case, the host twin survives and is delivered. What makes his case so unusual is that no one suspected Bhagat had a twin inside him for 36
One mother’s struggle — and the sad inevitable
Los Angeles Times - Stacy’s body is strong and healthy, but her brain never recovered from the undiagnosed blood clot that destroyed a large part of my placenta during pregnancy and cut off critical oxygen and nutrition to the developing neural cells. Only 3 pounds, 13
Go ahead, moms-to-be: Have that cup of joe
Lowell Sun - Gestation period, head and abdominal circumference, height and weight of placenta were nearly identical between the two groups. In the caffeinated group, 4.2 percent of infants were born prematurely compared to 5.7 percent among the decaffeinated
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