Sharon Barbour BBC North East and Cumbria health correspondent BBC Paul Laskey’s eye has been saved with the help of a donated placenta 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 … Read more
In a joint statement, Quinn’s father Ryan Parker and Ms Studencki said: “Let’s be clear, this is the destruction of an organ, the prevention of a conclusive post-mortem and a significant challenge to the coroner’s ability to investigate the cause of our son’s death. Source link
Scientists in their study have found that harmful nanoparticles that are generally found in our surroundings when inhaled during pregnancy can escape the lungs and enter the placenta and lead to low birth weight in babies. The study conducted by the scientists of Rutgers University was published in the Placenta journal. During their study, the … Read more
The authors of this research claimed that this is the first time, when the impact of Covid-19 vaccine is being examined on the placenta of a woman. Covid-19 vaccination has been questioned for pregnant women with a fear that the vaccination may impact placenta, an essential organ when it comes to pregnancy. However, a US … Read more