“The other possibility that [these organoids] open up is to study the development of the lung at a stage where the access to that tissue is very difficult,” said De Coppi. Given the varied legal ...

Disruptions in brain development are linked to higher risks of brain and mental illnesses. While genetics are known to play a ...

A new rat study explores lung function and placental changes in the presence of infection and inflammation. The study ...

Another study examined the intrinsic dysfunction of myoblasts, the cells responsible for muscle formation, in IUGR fetal sheep. It found that these myoblasts exhibited reduced proliferation and ...

NPR-A mRNA was detected in the fetal lung by Northern Blot and RT-PCR. At 100 d gestation (term 145 d), ANP staining was absent and NPR-A staining was weak in cuboidal epithelial cells.