Though often forgotten, the placenta has a huge role in baby’s health
Research in mice draws attention to the importance of the often-overlooked organ
TREE OF LIFE The placenta is a fetus’s lifeline throughout pregnancy. Some problems with embryo development may actually have roots in the placenta, recent research in mice suggests.
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