Microbes inhabit the human placenta, but it's not a bad thing

Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 13:50 in Biology & Nature

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The human placenta, the organ that nourishes a developing baby, is not the pristine place some experts had assumed.

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