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Autism spectrum disorder risk linked to insufficient placental steroid

Single ALLO injection during pregnancy was enough to avert both the cerebellar abnormalities and the aberrant social behaviors in experimental models CHILDREN’S NATIONAL HOSPITAL CHICAGO-A study in experimental models suggests that allopregnanolone, one of many hormones produced by the placenta during pregnancy, is so essential to normal fetal brain development that when provision of that...

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Placental Stem Cells – The Rise of Placental Blood & Tissue Applications

Placental stem cells are a type of perinatal stem cell derived from the placental blood or tissue. In this interview with Dr. Ornella Parolini, Director of the E. Menni Research Center in Brescia, Italy, and President of the International Placenta Stem Cell Society (IPLASS), we discussed her pioneering research on human placental stem cells focused on...