The blood volume in human fetus is estimated to be 10-12% of the body weight, compared with 7-8% in adults. Hemoglobin concentration in the fetal blood is about 50% higher than in mother’s blood.

Preeclampsia is associated with oxidative stress in maternal circulation. The purpose of this study was to explore oxidative stress and antioxidants in the fetal circulation in preeclampsia. Women ...

Pulmonary hypertension in newborns, iNO therapy & other alternative treatments: Dr. Samir Sheikh Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 08:00 Hrs [IST] Anything which interrupts either the change of fetal ...

The fetal liver would probably have been exposed to about 50% of the vector at first passage from yolk sac vessel injection unlike the adult circulation that delivers the whole vector dose to the ...

Researchers have identified many environmental exposures during fetal development that appear to set the stage for diseases decades later in life. They presented research at an international ...

Researchers have engineered mice that model the switch from fetal to adult hemoglobin, an important step towards curing genetic blood diseases such as sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia.

Fetal immune cells that are present in adults have specialized roles during infection, reveals a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal Cell .

Inclusion of a shRNA targeting BCL11A into a β-globin expressing vector allows concurrent synthesis of curative adult and fetal hemoglobin. Haematologica, 2021; DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2020.276634; ...

In adults, newly formed T cells recognize a signature protein on a pathogen when they first encounter it. That signal then activates the T cells and equips them to fight and proliferate up to 15 ...