It really is remarkable.” NHSBT said that each donated placenta can be used to make around 50 to 100 amnion grafts, which can also be used to treat burns and wounds, among other uses.

and this phenomenon was attributed to growth factors and cytokines secreted by the amnion epithelial cell layer of the placenta. Noveome was founded to translate this observation into a novel ...

A donated placenta has been used to help save a man's eye after an acid attack. Acid was squirted into Paul Laskey's face causing severe chemical burns to his eye, "melting" both the inner and outer ...

The chorion lies closest to the placenta. The chorionic sac encompasses the fetus and the amnion and is covered with chorionic villi until the 8th week. After the 8th week, these villi are ...

He had two emergency corneal transplants and three amnion grafts, where tissue from the inner lining of a donated placenta was used to save his eye. Mr Laskey, from Newcastle, said: "I'm so ...

The outer membrane (chorion) and trophoblast layer of the placenta are derived from the trophoectoderm of the blastocyst cells. Other extra-embryonic tissues, including the amnion (inner membrane ...

Over the course of eight months, Mr Laskey had two emergency corneal transplants and three amnion grafts – which were created using a donated placenta. Paul Laskey suffered a severe injury after ...