placenta

She was blue and didn’t seem to be breathing at first while she was still connected to the placenta, which Downing said is normal.

All medications pass the placenta, and many will reach the brain of the fetus, said Veerle Bergink, director of Mount Sinai’s Women’s Mental Health Center in New York.

“The antibodies have to cross the placenta,” and that takes time.

For this purpose, the team used fully functional human placentas that were made available after planned caesarean sections.

The placenta, the new organ that forms to nourish the fetus, presents new receptors for the disease to bind to.