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Studies shine light on mysterious placenta, how it goes awry

AP Science News - Fetched: August 11th, 2016, 2:00pm UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists carefully probe a placenta donated after birth, bluish umbilical cord still attached. This is the bodyamp;apos;s most mysterious organ, and inside lie clues to how this giver of life forms - and how it can go awry, leading to stillbirth, preterm birth, even infections like the Zika virus that somehow sneak past its protective barrier....

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