When 15-day fetal mouse duodenum is cultured for 48 hours in Trowell T8 medium, villi do not form and crypts or crypt-like structures are scanty. In vivo villi differentiate at 16 days of gestation ...

The fetal membranes consist of the chorion, amnion, yolk sac, and allantois. The chorion has three layers: cytotrophoblastic, chorionic connective tissue, and basement membrane. The chorion lies ...

In early pregnancy, the fetal pole is the first stage of embryonic growth visible on an ultrasound. Find out what it means when the fetal pole isn't visible. The fetal pole, which is also called an ...

The House of Representatives will hold a hearing next week on a bill that would ban all abortions after the fetus has a detectable “heartbeat,” which typically comes around six weeks’ gestation, or ...

Real-talking OB/GYN Jennifer Gunter published a fantastic piece in the Huffington Post on Monday, arguing that the press has been mischaracterizing the hyper-restrictive abortion ban passed by the ...

An international research group led by Professor Toru Takumi (Senior Visiting Scientist, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research) and Researcher Chia-wen Lin at Kobe University Graduate School ...

An international research group led by Professor Toru Takumi (Senior Visiting Scientist, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research) and Researcher Chia-wen Lin at Kobe University Graduate School ...