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• n  mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
• a  pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta
  all mammals except monotremes and marsupials are placental mammals

• In practically every case the placental form was superior to its marsupial equivalent.
• Perhaps most alarming, repeat C-sections increase a woman's chances of developing life-threatening placental abnormalities that can cause hemorrhaging during childbirth.
• First they proved on guinea pigs, rabbits and themselves that the placental extracts were not poisonous and caused no sex derangements.

• placental mammal
• eutherian
• eutherian mammal

• aplacental

News & Articles

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• The data-driven parent
  My obsession with quantifying my kid started while I was still pregnant. I was giving birth for the first time at age 35, and modern medicine had invented a new category for women like me: "advanced maternal age." At the doctor's office, I received a yellow pamphlet with a list of instructions for women in my condition. Exercise, but not too much, else I could wind up with placental problems ...
  July 9, 2013 - The Troy Record

Quotes

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• Schramm in San Jose Mercury News
  It could be that the acid bio-accumulated in the fetus. If it's something that the mother ingested and passed through the placental barrier, it could be something that she passed on to her fetus,said Schramm.
• Tony Abbott in The Age
  Researchers have found that maternal asthma during pregnancy affects human foetal growth, with males more at risk than females,Mr Abbott said. "Complications include placental insufficiency, pre-eclampsia, infection, intra-uterine growth...
• Rafik Hariri in PR Newswire (press release)
  We are extremely pleased to have received fundamental coverage for our placental-derived stem cell platform technology,said Robert J. Hariri, MD, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Celgene Cellular Therapeutics. "Placental- derived stem...