A new study challenges the idea that the placenta has a microbiome
Scientists traced what microbes they did detect in tissue samples to lab tools and birth canals
NOT SO GERMY In a recent study, much of the bacteria in placental samples (placenta and developing fetus illustrated) came from lab equipment, wash solutions and the vagina, researchers say.
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