21 September 2025
Placental Platform
A bioprinted, high-throughput trophoblast (the specialised cell layer in early embryo development that becomes the placenta) organoid model. Manipulating the extracellular matrix of the organoid reveals its importance in shaping trophoblast development. The model reproducibly mimics the placental microenvironment aiding study of complications of pregnancy and how to avoid/treat them.
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- Still from video from work by Claire Richards and colleagues
- School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Video originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Published in Nature Communications, September 2025
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