Scientists say the placenta can provide key signals for whether a woman will develop pregnancy complications beginning as early as the first trimester. Using mouse models, the St. John’s College, University of Cambridge team isolated endocrine cells and profiled the placenta to create a “map of hormonal proteins” which was then compared to datasets from studies of the human placenta.
“We know that the placenta drives many of the changes in a women’s (sic) body during pregnancy and our…
