Podcast Episodes

A placental origin story: what evolutionary biology can tell us, Conversation with Dr. Stadtmauer, part 1

 How the placenta develops and the ways in which that development affect both the mother and the pregnancy have been a mystery since pregnancy became…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Who is feeding the embryo while the placenta is under construction?

We all know the placenta as this life giving organ, the first to develop in pregnancy; a critical connection between mother and fetus that sends food…

10 months ago

The Behind the Scenes work of your Immune system in preparing the Uterine lining for pregnancy: Conversation with Dr. Tamara Tilburgs, Part II

 Why is an active immune system important both in pregnancy and before pregnancy when you're trying to prepare the uterine lining, AKA, the decidua?

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10 months, 1 week ago

When's the best time to intervene in the health of a pregnancy? Before it starts: Conversation with Dr. Tamara Tilburgs, Part I

  Talk to any person who does research on pregnancy, and you may get a variety of different answers about the source of different pregnancy complicat…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

How we might manage early immune cell trouble in the placenta: Conversation with Dr. Nadkarni, part II

   The very important role of a certain type of immune cell called neutrophils in pregnancy is the topic of today's episode. This is a continuation o…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

How our most common immune cell can influence the most common birth defect: Conversation with Dr. Suchita Nadkarni, Part 1

 Many pregnancy complications have a whodunit quality to them. Scientists don't yet understand exactly why things go wrong when they go wrong, but re…

11 months ago

Is your Immune System shut off during pregnancy? (spoiler: NO)

 Miscarriage and the failure of an embryo to implant are often attributed to issues with an aggressive immune system. Today I'm gonna tell you some s…

11 months, 1 week ago

Your Uterine Lining determines if and how a pregnancy progesses: Conversation with Dr. Jan Brosens, Part II

 If you wanna know what factors contribute to miscarriages, you need to understand what factors contribute to and detract from making the uterus into…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Understanding Miscarriage through Evolutionary Biology: Conversation with Dr. Jan Brosens, Part I

Since women have been having babies they've experienced miscarriages. For nearly as long, we have not had a useful way to address miscarriage. Often …

11 months, 4 weeks ago

Tracking Placental Inflammation in a Pregnancy While its happening: Dr. Yong Wang, Part II

Last week we talked about the technology, originally used to look at inflammation in the brain and heart, applied to the placenta. This amazing form …

1 year ago