Placenta is all in all for the growing foetus; more so it also helps pregnant mothers during
pregnancy in many ways, however, the most poorly researched organ. Generally, placentas …

The placenta has enormous genetic endowments, comparable to those of the brain and
ovary. The molecular, cellular and vascular arrangements are designed for directing the …

Ideas concerning the placenta, its development, structure and function can be traced to
antiquity. An issue of importance that was only resolved in the late-eighteenth to …

Kurt Benirschke, MD* Introduction The human placenta is a discoid organ that has a
hemochorial relationship with the mother. That is to say, the trophoblast that covers the villi is …

The placenta and its adnexa form the interface between the fetus and the outside world and
share their experiences throughout antenatal life. As stated so eloquently by Ballantyne …

The development of a fetus in the womb of its mother is linked ana tomically, genetically and
meta bolically with that of the placenta: the strange temporary organ shaped like a flattened …

Every mammalian fetus is autonomous, being separated from its mother by a layer of fetal
membranes. To allow nutrition, respiration, and excretion fetal blood flows through an …

The aim of the two-volume set of Placenta and Trophoblast: Methods and Protocols is to
offer contemporary approaches for studying the biology of the placenta. The chapters …