Selected news items about the project include the following:
- The human placenta: A short-lived organ, with a long-lasting impact
Open Access Government, December 7, 2018 - I lost a baby at 33 weeks—now I'm fighting to spare others the same pain
Redbook, June 19, 2018
- Zika infection during pregnancy may disrupt fetal oxygen supply
NICHD News, January 18, 2018
- Doctors develop new way to use MRI to predict pregnancy complications
UCLA Newsroom, December 5, 2017
- Noninvasive imaging monitors early human brain development
Contemporary Pediatrics, November 1, 2017
- Why are we so obsessed with the placenta?
The Huffington Post, August 29, 2017
- Why is one twin smaller than the other? Answer could lie in the placenta
Science Daily, June 16, 2017
- A Fitbit for your placenta
The Atlantic, September 29, 2016
- Studies shine light on mysterious placenta, how it goes awry
Associated Press, August 11, 2016
- The mystery of Zika's path to the placenta
The Atlantic, August 18, 2016
- The placenta: A mysterious organ
ASBMB Today, February 1, 2016
- New ways to monitor pregnancy in real time
The Wall Street Journal, November 2, 2015
- VCU receives $4.2 million grant to study placental function in pregnant women
Virginia Commonwealth University, October 26, 2015
- Peering into the placenta, ”least understood” and respected of human organs
WBUR, October 16, 2015
- Bringing new life into research on the placenta
Western University, October 2015
- What does the Human Placenta Project mean for obstetrics care?
MDedge ObGyn, September 30, 2015
- USF Health gets big dollars to study the “Rodney Dangerfield” of organs
Tampa Bay Business Journal, September 29, 2015
- NIH invests $46 million in technologies to monitor placental health
NICHD News, September 28, 2015
- The prescient placenta
The Scientist, August 1, 2015
- Getting to grips with the placenta's real health benefits
New Scientist, April 22, 2015
- NIH sets aside more than $40 million for study of human placenta
Science, February 27, 2015
- NIH Invests US$41.5 million in placenta research
Nature, February 27, 2015
- NIH announces $41.5 million in funding for the Human Placenta Project
NICHD News, February 26, 2015
- Scientists' new 'Human Placenta Project' aims to improve health of moms and their children
The Huffington Post, December 5, 2014
- The Human Placenta Project
Chemical & Engineering News, August 11, 2014
- The mysterious tree of a newborn's life: The push to understand the placenta
The New York Times, July 14, 2014
- NICHD launches Human Placenta Project (PDF 1.71 MB)
NIH Record, July 4, 2014
- Gearing up for a closer look at the human placenta
Science, June 6, 2014
- New 'Placenta Project' could yield health benefits for children, pregnant women, and adults
NICHD Director's Corner, March 19, 2014
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