Amniotic fluid stem (AFS) cells are immunoselected by the stem cell factor receptor c-kit (CD117) and are able to give rise to lineages representing the three germ layers in vitro and in vivo.11, 12 ...

AFP measurement in amniotic fluid and maternal serum is used in prenatal diagnosis. The concentration of AFP in amniotic fluid (AFAFP) peaks between 10 and 14 weeks' gestation and then decreases ...

Amniotic Fluid. Amniotic fluid ... Its normal state is sterile and it should be free of meconium, blood, or pus. Amniotic fluid is isotonic with fetal and maternal blood in the first trimester and ...

Texas Children's Hospital North Austin Campus performs surgery to remove baby's lung mass during birth while still attached ...

New moms can donate their placentas under a Mercy Health initiative called Beginnings and Blessings. The program, which rolled out a year ago and has since expanded to six Mercy hospitals across the ...

Lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) have been recently developed to improve treatment outcomes in the endoscopic management of pancreatic fluid collections (PFC), particularly in walled-off necrosis ...

Actress Celina Jaitly recently shared her challenging experiences during her twin pregnancies, revealing her battle with ...

Introduction Human amniotic fluid (hAF) has been shown to reduce inflammation in multiple experimental models. hAF has previously been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a human ...

Fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion has been proposed as a prenatal intervention to ameliorate congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) prognosis. Tracheal occlusion (TO) prevents pulmonary fluid egress, ...