Mana Parast, MD, PhD, FCAP, discusses how the placenta impacts both mother and fetus during pregnancy as well as how its connected to their health post pregnancy and birth. “These different patterns of injury in the placenta can dictate different ways in which the baby, once it’s born and grows up as an adult, is prone to different diseases later in adult life,” said Dr. Parast.
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