amnion

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In the following months, Mr Laskey had several procedures, including the amnion - the name of the tissue taken from the inner lining of the donated placenta - grafts.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

He had two emergency corneal transplants and three amnion grafts, where tissue from the inner lining of a donated placenta was used to save his eye.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

A method to correctly specify amnion formation is important to be able to recapitulate human embryo development as closely as possible using stem cell-based embryo models.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

The amnion fills with amniotic fluid and eventually grows to surround the embryo.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

But we can say with comparative certainty that in our case … in this case it is the amnion which is to blame.”

From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas