Fetal lower urinary tract outflow obstruction prevents the unborn baby from passing urine. This can result in a reduction in the volume of amniotic fluid, and problems with the development of the baby ...

A new systematic review and meta-analysis finds that pleuro-amniotic shunting achieves survival in about 65 percent of ...

A new approach for medical procedures Due to its regenerative, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties, the amniotic sac membrane can be donated by people who have had elective c-sections, to ...

Cells taken from the fluid around growing fetuses have been used to make organoids, 3D bundles of cells that mimic tissue. These organoids could help researchers to understand diseases that develop in ...

Fetal lower urinary tract outflow obstruction may be associated with various developmental abnormalities. Lower urinary tract outflow obstruction may develop in a fetus from a number of pathologies, ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which replicates development of the tissues supporting the embryo from two to four ...