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3D printed mini-placentas offer a new way to study pregnancy complications

  • Written by Claire Richards, Lecturer in Biotechnology, University of Technology Sydney

The placenta is a unique organ which exists only during pregnancy, growing at tumour-like speed to the size of a small dinner plate. The placenta is essential to the growth of every baby, but we’re missing key details about how it develops.

Studying the placenta during pregnancy is difficult, as taking samples risks introducing infection or...

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