Human Placenta Project in the News

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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