How to Use placental in a Sentence
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But in the human embryo knockouts, placental cells and yolk sac cells also failed to form.
— Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 20 Sep. 2017 -
But evidence is scant as to whether the virus can cross the placental barrier to infect the fetus.
— Linda Marsa, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2020 -
The study team also looked at placental tissue collected at the time of birth for some of the participants.
— Katie Hunt, CNN, 16 Nov. 2021 -
By stopping this activation, the researchers managed to cure the placental defects in some of the mouse embryos.
— Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 6 July 2022 -
Now, researchers have devised a way to derive and observe early precursors of placental cells in a dish.
— Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 30 Sep. 2020 -
His team found evidence for this theory: In one of the biopsies, the researchers observed placental cells with three copies of chromosome 10 — two from the mother and one from the father.
— Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2021 -
These types of sharks even have a placental connection similar to the umbilical cord of a mammal.
— Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023 -
In contrast, placental mammals, which give birth to live offspring, have young that start out relatively large.
— Michael D. D'emic, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2023 -
In the same year, Teigen wrote in an essay explaining that doctors diagnosed her with a partial placental abruption.
— Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2022 -
The new treatment is made from placental tissue that has been ground into a powder, added to a liquid solution and injected at the source of osteoarthritis.
— Andy Peters, ajc, 11 Apr. 2022 -
To measure telomere length, the researchers extracted DNA from each baby's cord blood and placental tissue.
— Susan Scutti, CNN, 16 Oct. 2017 -
There was her placental abruption, a rare condition where part of the placenta separates from the abdominal wall, which led to bed rest.
— Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 30 Sep. 2019 -
Because of this, the animals are likely to more clearly show effects of atrazine that might be happening more subtly in placental mammals, Graves says.
— Corryn Wetzel, National Geographic, 9 Sep. 2020 -
In a Medium post on Tuesday, Teigen explained that her doctors had diagnosed her with a partial placental abruption.
— NBC News, 1 Oct. 2020 -
The report said the spike protein in coronavirus is the same as another spike protein called syncytin-1, which is involved in placental growth during pregnancy.
— Carmina Tiscareño, Dallas News, 4 Feb. 2021 -
Quake compared the activity of genes found in the mother’s blood, which included the proteins, enzymes and other products made by the mother’s genes, placental genes and fetal genes.
— Alice Park, Time, 7 June 2018 -
Disabling the same gene in mouse embryos gives different results: Those embryos became balls of mostly placental cells.
— Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 21 Sep. 2017 -
For this study, researchers from 12 countries, including the U.S., looked at placental tissue from 64 stillbirths and four newborns who died shortly after birth.
— Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 11 Feb. 2022 -
The baby, who was subsequently delivered early, had not been getting oxygen due to a placental abruption caused by the crash, the affidavit said.
— Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Mar. 2022 -
The woman had suffered a placental abruption and had to be rushed into an emergency cesarean section.
— Bracey Harris, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2023 -
Celularity is exploring the use of placental stem cells to replace or repair defective genes at the heart of major diseases.
— Robin L. Smith, WSJ, 24 May 2021 -
As the continents drifted apart, beginning about 100 million years ago, placental mammals adapted to their new surroundings and new species emerged.
— Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023 -
To figure out how chromosomes of placental mammals have changed over time, researchers need to know what those early eutherians started with.
— Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 19 June 2017 -
The same stress hormones that speed up the placental clock also trigger the immune system to release inflammatory chemicals that tell the body to attack itself.
— Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021 -
There are some biologics that can cross the placental barrier and potentially reach the fetus.
— Stephanie Watson, SELF, 21 Apr. 2022 -
And in the new essay, Teigen says she was diagnosed with a partial placental abruption during this time, a rare but serious condition in which the placenta separates from the inner lining of the uterus.
— Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 27 Oct. 2020 -
About a month ahead of her due date, Sophie experienced a placental abruption and had an emergency cesarean section.
— Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023 -
Further research needs to be done to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of treatments using placental extracts.
— Shalwah Evans, Essence, 16 Oct. 2019 -
Placental mammals all develop inside a uterus, drawing blood from their mothers.
— Carl Zimmer, The Seattle Times, 11 Aug. 2017 -
This second test is more invasive, and involves taking samples of fetal or placental tissue.
— Clayton Dalton, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2020
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Because the navel is a scar from where the umbilical cord connected the fetus to the placenta, all placental mammals have them.
— Sarah Leupen, The Conversation, 5 Apr. 2023 -
For example, the specific type of placental cell where Zika can lurk in humans isn't thought to be present in mouse placentas.
— latimes.com, 10 June 2019 -
For example, the specific type of placental cell where Zika can lurk in humans isn’t thought to be present in mouse placentas.
— Washington Post, 9 June 2019 -
The complication, known as placental abruption, can lead to stillbirth.
— Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023 -
The maternal transmission via the placental bloodflow to the fetus differs from the maternal transmission of ingested breast milk to the infant.
— Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021 -
The researchers reported that the Zika virus binds consistently to a protein in different placental cells called TIM1.
— Pam Belluck, New York Times, 18 July 2016 -
While baby placental and marsupial mammals start with bones made of a fast-growing, messy-looking tissue called woven bone, over time different bone types grow around that scaffold.
— Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2022 -
Origolestes is an ancestor to therian mammals, the group that includes all placentals and marsupials alive today.
— Jim Daley, Scientific American, 5 Dec. 2019 -
There are two main types of placental abruption: partial, in which the placental only partially separates from the uterus, and complete—and those classifications will also dictate treatment.
— Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 28 Oct. 2020 -
To do so, the researchers isolated special placental cells called trophoblasts from human placentas that were terminated at six to nine weeks’ gestation for medical reasons with ethical approval.
— Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2018 -
There are three kinds of mammals: egg-laying monotremes such as the platypus, marsupials like kangaroos and opossums, and the majority—placental, or eutherian, mammals—including humans and about 4400 other mammal species.
— Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 19 June 2017 -
Some investigators think that malnutrition and faulty placental function may change the way a baby's genes direct its development during pregnancy—but the mechanics that underlie this process are unknown.
— Adrian Erlebacher, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2017 -
Each increase of 5 micrograms per cubic meter in exposure was associated with 9% shorter cord blood telomeres and 13% shorter placental telomeres, the researchers estimated.
— Susan Scutti, CNN, 16 Oct. 2017 -
Untangling the genealogical relationships of these archaic placentals is challenging.
— Steve Brusatte, Scientific American, 1 June 2022 -
Because the navel is a scar from where the umbilical cord connected the fetus to the placenta, all placental mammals have them.
— Sarah Leupen, The Conversation, 5 Apr. 2023 -
For example, the specific type of placental cell where Zika can lurk in humans isn't thought to be present in mouse placentas.
— latimes.com, 10 June 2019 -
For example, the specific type of placental cell where Zika can lurk in humans isn’t thought to be present in mouse placentas.
— Washington Post, 9 June 2019 -
The complication, known as placental abruption, can lead to stillbirth.
— Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023 -
The maternal transmission via the placental bloodflow to the fetus differs from the maternal transmission of ingested breast milk to the infant.
— Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021 -
The researchers reported that the Zika virus binds consistently to a protein in different placental cells called TIM1.
— Pam Belluck, New York Times, 18 July 2016 -
While baby placental and marsupial mammals start with bones made of a fast-growing, messy-looking tissue called woven bone, over time different bone types grow around that scaffold.
— Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2022 -
Origolestes is an ancestor to therian mammals, the group that includes all placentals and marsupials alive today.
— Jim Daley, Scientific American, 5 Dec. 2019 -
There are two main types of placental abruption: partial, in which the placental only partially separates from the uterus, and complete—and those classifications will also dictate treatment.
— Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 28 Oct. 2020 -
To do so, the researchers isolated special placental cells called trophoblasts from human placentas that were terminated at six to nine weeks’ gestation for medical reasons with ethical approval.
— Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2018 -
There are three kinds of mammals: egg-laying monotremes such as the platypus, marsupials like kangaroos and opossums, and the majority—placental, or eutherian, mammals—including humans and about 4400 other mammal species.
— Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 19 June 2017 -
Some investigators think that malnutrition and faulty placental function may change the way a baby's genes direct its development during pregnancy—but the mechanics that underlie this process are unknown.
— Adrian Erlebacher, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2017 -
Each increase of 5 micrograms per cubic meter in exposure was associated with 9% shorter cord blood telomeres and 13% shorter placental telomeres, the researchers estimated.
— Susan Scutti, CNN, 16 Oct. 2017 -
Untangling the genealogical relationships of these archaic placentals is challenging.
— Steve Brusatte, Scientific American, 1 June 2022
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