Placental organoid (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Placental organoid

Caption

Placental organoid (circle in the centre).  Trophoblast cells are invading out of the organoid, mimicking placental cells invading the uterus in the early weeks of pregnancy.

Credit

Friedrich Miescher Institute/University of Cambridge

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