Gap junction protein vital to successful pregnancy
Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 18:14
in Biology & Nature
Researchers studying a critical stage of pregnancy - implantation of the embryo in the uterus - have found a protein that is vital to the growth of new blood vessels that sustain the embryo. Without this protein, which is produced in higher quantities in the presence of oestrogen, the embryo is unlikely to survive...
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