Taking the placenta as a case study, researchers are able to piece together how new organs evolve, by repurposing old tissues and using them to do new jobs.
Articles on Placenta
Displaying 21 - 24 of 24 articles
A pregnant woman’s immune response may be a risk factor for some neurological conditions like autism and schizophrenia in the baby later on.
Embryos greedily want more resources than their fair share. New research investigates how early in evolution their hormonal tactics arose.
An incredibly complex and important organ in its own right, the placenta is only found in mammals. And how it functions has the potential to have profound effects on the lifelong health of the developing foetus.
Top contributors
-
Senior Lecturer, Evolutionary Biology, University of Sydney
-
Lecturer, Macquarie University
-
Senior Research Fellow, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Monash University
-
Perinatal Epidemiologist and NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow, Hudson Institute
-
Chair professor, Hudson Institute
-
Lecturer in Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Deakin University
-
Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuroscience , University of California, Davis
-
Postdoctoral Scientist, Virology Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW
-
Associate Professor and Deputy Scientific Director Research at Monash IVF, The University of Melbourne
-
Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Richmond
-
PhD Candidate in Genetics, Tufts University
-
Postdoctoral Fellow in Evolutionary Biology, Macquarie University
-
Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
-
Professor, School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
-
Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health Research, University of Wollongong