Studies shine light on mysterious placenta, how it goes awry
Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 12:21
in Biology & Nature
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists carefully probe a placenta donated after birth, bluish umbilical cord still attached. This is the body's most mysterious organ, and inside lie clues to how this giver of life forms - and how it can go awry, leading to stillbirth, preterm birth, even infections like the Zika virus that somehow sneak past its protective barrier....