How a virtual placenta could help with early detection of at-risk babies
- Written by Alys Clark, Associate Professor in Bioengineering, University of Auckland
Shutterstock/ESB ProfessionalNone of us would be here without our placenta, the remarkable fetal organ that nourished and sustained us before birth. But despite its importance, the placenta is among the least studied organs and we don’t fully understand how it grows and functions.
This is problematic, because in one in ten pregnancies, the...





