Cambridge and Oxford researchers propose the placenta drove human evolution by shaping our large, social brains.

Angiotensin II (Ang II) and apelin have opposing actions in the regulation of blood pressure, vascular tone and angiogenesis, factors known to be important in pregnancy. Chorionic villi (CV) are ...

Therefore, we determined how the Western-style diet, as a model of sporadic intestinal cancer, altered programming in either crypt or villus cells of the histologically normal mucosa before tumors ...

Use this printable patient education handout with pregnant patients considering triple marker (AFP) testing, amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, and ultrasound.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified three types of nerve cells connected to the intestinal villi, suggesting that previously unknown neural networks regulate fluid balance in the gut.