Nearly 50 years after the introduction of cardiotocography (CTG) into routine clinical practice, many uncertainties still surround the various forms of intrapartum fetal monitoring and the related decision-making process. Intrapartum…
1. a) F b) F c) T d) F e) F The fetus requires oxygen and glucose to maintain cellular aerobic metabolism, its main source of energy production. While glucose…
1. Stem and progenitor cells used for experimental and clinical studies have a certain features unique for each cell type. True neural stem cells (NSC) fulfill which of the following…
Circulating maternal cells transfer to the fetus during pregnancy, where they may integrate with the fetal immune and organ systems, creating a state of maternal microchimerism (MMc). MMc can persist…
Infants born preterm face a number of challenges. Depending on the degree of prematurity, they are at a risk of developing several specific conditions and diseases related to organ immaturity…
Advances in prenatal diagnosis have led to the prenatal management and treatment of a variety of congenital diseases. Although surgical treatment has been successfully applied to specific anatomic defects that…
Finding suitable cell sources is one of the main challenges in regenerative medicine. In addition to improving the dysfunctional tissue requiring reconstruction, low immunogenicity is beneficial. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)…
Various immature cells can be isolated from human embryonic and fetal central nervous system (CNS) residual tissue and potentially be used in cell therapy for a number of neurological diseases…
The human fetal heart is formed early during embryogenesis as a result of cell migrations, differentiation, and formative blood flow. It begins to beat around gestation day 22. Progenitor cells…
Regenerative medicine has recently been established as an emerging field focussing on repair, replacement or regeneration of cells, tissues and whole organs. The significant recent advances in the field have…
