The Surprising 100-Million-Year Secret Behind Pregnancy—and What It Means for At-Home Insemination
Did you know the placenta has been playing a secret evolutionary game for over 100 million years? It might sound like the beginning of a sci-fi novel, but recent scientific discoveries have revealed fascinating insights into how pregnancy works at the cellular level—and these findings have exciting implications for fertility treatments, especially at-home insemination.
A new study published on ScienceDaily titled "Pregnancy’s 100-million-year secret: Inside the placenta’s evolutionary power play" explores how certain specialized cells at the mother-baby boundary have evolved to promote the success of pregnancy across mammals—from humans to marsupials. By mapping gene activity in these critical cells, scientists have uncovered a complex biological