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Nanoparticle-mediated gene therapy addresses a major cause of stillbirth and premature birth in guinea pig models

Dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rabbits, and ferrets have been taken to veterinary hospitals with heat stroke. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Billions of people living on Earth owe their lives to the temporary organs that supported and nourished them in their mothers’ wombs. The placenta, or afterbirth, is considered sacred in some cultures, and its vital role in pregnancy has been…