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'Miraculous' and powerful: What makes the placenta special, how it can help patients
The blood vessels connect with the fetus through the umbilical cord and branch throughout the placenta disc like the limbs of a tree. The amnion is the innermost layer of the placenta that ...
The Scientist1y
Infographic: Early Placenta Development Sets the Stage
The inner cell mass gives rise to the fetus, while the surrounding trophectoderm transforms into the placenta. After implantation, the trophectoderm starts reshaping the endometrium. A layer of ...
AOL27d
'My eye was saved by a placenta after acid attack'
"melting" both the inner and outer layers of his cornea. He had two emergency corneal transplants and three amnion grafts, where tissue from the inner lining of a donated placenta was used to save ...
London Evening Standard27d
Acid attack victim has eye saved by donated placenta
“We make amnion grafts from the amniotic membrane – the inner layer of the placenta, which some mothers choose to very kindly donate after birth. “We’re pleased to hear that NHSBT amnion ...
ITV27d
Donated placenta used to help save man’s sight after acid attack
As a result, both the inner and outer layers of the cornea broke down ... tissue taken from the inner lining of a donated placenta, made into small patches by scientists in NHS Blood and ...
Sky27d
Battery acid attack victim reveals how donated placenta treatment saved his eye
The inner and outer layers of the cornea had effectively "melted ... But then came hope in the form of a donated placenta. Paul was given three amnion grafts, where tissue is taken from the ...