Surviving birth
10 December 2020Researchers at one of the busiest maternity hospitals in the world aim to help more women survive complications giving birth.
Eight Cambridge researchers awarded major European starter grants
03 September 2019Eight Cambridge researchers are among the latest recipients of European Union awards given to early-career researchers from over 50 countries.
‘Mini-placentas’ could provide a model for early pregnancy
28 November 2018Researchers say that new ‘mini-placentas’ – a cellular model of the early stages of the placenta – could provide a window into early pregnancy and help transform our understanding of reproductive disorders. Details of this new research are published today in the journal Nature.
Miniature ‘womb lining’ grown in lab could reveal secrets of menstrual cycle and early pregnancy
10 April 2017Scientists at the University of Cambridge have succeeded in growing miniature functional models of the lining of the womb (uterus) in culture. These organoids, as they are known, could provide new insights into the early stages of pregnancy and conditions such as endometriosis, a painful condition that affects as many as two million women in the UK.
