The placenta is a temporary organ that plays critical roles at the maternal-fetal interface.
Normal development and function of the placenta is dependent on hormonal signaling …

Research into the human placenta's complex functioning is complicated by a lack of suitable
physiological in vivo models. Two complementary approaches have emerged recently to …

Multi-scale structural assessment of biological soft tissue is challenging but essential to gain
insight into structure–function relationships of tissue/organ. Using the human placenta as an …

Transport of deformable particles in a honeycomb network is studied numerically. It is shown
that the particle deformability has a strong impact on their distribution in the network. For …

Since the full development of the ex vivo dual perfusion model of the human placenta
cotyledon, the technique has provided essential insight into how nutrients, lipids, gases …

A well-functioning placenta is critical for healthy fetal development, as the placenta brings
fetal blood in close contact with nutrient rich maternal blood, enabling exchange of nutrients …

The placenta is a critical fetal exchange organ, with a complex branching tree-like structure.
Its surface is covered by a single multinucleated cell, the syncytiotrophoblast, which bathes …

Placental function involves multiple different processes which operate at different scales
from centimetres to nanometres. Everything that the placenta does from mediating blood …

In pregnancy, fetal growth is supported by its placenta. In turn, the placenta is nourished by
maternal blood, delivered from the uterus, in which the vasculature is dramatically …

Umbilical and placental vessels and endothelial cells (EC) are common models to study
placental function and vascular programming. Arterio-venous differences are present in the …