During gestation, the fetus floats in a protective pool of amniotic fluid. 6 The yellowish liquid contains a concoction of nutrients and antibodies produced by the parent as well as less glamorous ...

Leaking amniotic fluid toward the end of pregnancy is often a sign of labor. Amniotic fluid is the fluid that surrounds a ...

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In a discovery that opens the door to a less invasive way of treating some serious disorders before birth, UC San Francisco scientists have found that delivering medicine through amniotic fluid is ...

Objective: To evaluate the indications and outcomes of sutureless amniotic membrane transplant (AMT; ProKera) in the management of ocular surface disorders. Methods: Chart review of patients who ...

Commonly referred to as "water breaking," PROM normally occurs when the protective amniotic sac around the fetus bursts ...

Background: Amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) has a long tradition in ophthalmic surgery and has become very popular recently because of newly developed methods of tissue preservation.

To do that, in 2024, he and his team, led by Mattia Gerli, pioneered ways to take cells from amniotic fluid and grow ...

Statistically significant (p=0.0177) reduction in knee pain at six monthsStatistically significant (p<0.0001) maintenance of function at six ...

One eye required ProKera three times and then dehydrated amniotic membrane (AmbioDisk; IOP, Inc.) with a BSCL. In this eye, the epithelial defect decreased in size but persisted at the last follow ...