If a person gets CMV for the first time during pregnancy, it may be passed through the placenta to the baby. When a baby catches CMV while in the womb, it’s called congenital CMV. CMV can cause ...

This is the first step towards placenta digital twins. Armita Najmi, Ph.D. candidate in Grande Gutiérrez's lab and lead author of the paper said, "Our computational study provides practical ...

Here’s how it works. Assisted reproductive technologies (ART), such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), may affect the epigenetics of the placenta, slightly raising the risk of certain health ...