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London – Scientists have succeeded in creating "mini-placentas" in the laboratory, hoping to find answers to the dangerous and tragic complications of pregnancy, such as stillbirth and pre-eclampsia.
It is thought that they are caused by placenta problems during the first three months following conception.
Mini placentas, so small that they are invisible to the naked eye, were grown by a team led by the University of Cambridge.
Professor Ashley Moffett, of the Department of Pathology of the University and co-author of a study published in the journal Nature, said: "We hope that what we observe in these mini-placentas will shed light on why some pregnancies do not work ".
Mini-placentas also release a protein that is thought to act on the part of the brain that causes vomiting. This discovery could lead to a morning sickness medicine like that of Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge.
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