Di-di twins are like roommates with their own room and fridge. They each have their own placenta and amniotic sac – and ...

On February 17, a maternity hospital in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, delivered a remarkable baby. The infant was born via caesarean section, but in an extremely rare occurrence, the amniotic sac remained intact ...

The authors report fundamental findings demonstrating that extra-embryonic visceral yolk sac endoderm is critical for NAD de novo synthesis during early organogenesis and perturbations of this pathway ...

It is time for states that have banned abortion to put an end to the horror stories of women being refused emergency medical ...

Opioid use during pregnancy—whether of highly addictive drugs like fentanyl or controlled opioids like buprenorphine—doubles ...

The Cleveland Clinic describes the vital role of a healthy placenta. It's a temporary organ that forms in the uterus, or womb ...

At Mass MoCA, Ohan Breiding's "Belly of a Glacier" offers a poetic eulogy for the Rhone Glacier, blending personal memory, ...

Due to the small volume of amniotic fluid often obtained from each amniotic sac (< 40 µl), amniotic fluid was obtained from two adjoining amniotic sacs and pooled. The amniotic fluid was aliquoted ...

The amniotic sac tears and sometimes strangles the unborn child. A North Georgia teen is beating the odds. He survived a rare syndrome that took place in his mother's womb.