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 ...

The placenta keeps the fetus healthy in the womb and, after birth, can be donated to strangers to offer "miraculous" healing power. The Cleveland Clinic describes the vital role of a healthy placenta.

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 ...

The degree of severity is dependent on the gestational age of the fetus when infected, the virulence of the organism, the damage to the placenta, and the severity of maternal disease. For example ...

These are abnormal trophoblast invasion of the placenta, anti-angiogenic responses, oxidative stress, and inflammation. What is lacking, however, is an explanation of how these themselves are caused.

Aim To determine the outcome of antiviral treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) anterior uveitis. Methods A retrospective review of patients from Singapore National Eye Centre with CMV anterior uveitis ...

Human leukocyte immunoglobulin (Ig)-like receptors (LILR) are a family of 11 innate immunomodulatory receptors, primarily expressed on lymphoid and myeloid cells. LILRs are either activating (LILRA) ...