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Becca Bressler

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114 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

Yeah. But this milk is like a snack for the placenta. What it really needs is blood. So at this point, about two weeks into the pregnancy, the placenta goes on the offensive. By now, it's actually latched onto the side of the uterus.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

Yeah. But this milk is like a snack for the placenta. What it really needs is blood. So at this point, about two weeks into the pregnancy, the placenta goes on the offensive. By now, it's actually latched onto the side of the uterus.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

Yeah. But this milk is like a snack for the placenta. What it really needs is blood. So at this point, about two weeks into the pregnancy, the placenta goes on the offensive. By now, it's actually latched onto the side of the uterus.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

And what you start to see is this push and pull where the placenta keeps digging, digging, digging.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

And what you start to see is this push and pull where the placenta keeps digging, digging, digging.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

And what you start to see is this push and pull where the placenta keeps digging, digging, digging.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

is just getting started. Week five goes by, then week six, week seven, the embryos growing eyes, ears, bones.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

is just getting started. Week five goes by, then week six, week seven, the embryos growing eyes, ears, bones.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

is just getting started. Week five goes by, then week six, week seven, the embryos growing eyes, ears, bones.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

Meanwhile, the placenta is digging, digging, digging, trying to get to the blood to get this thing more nutrients. But the placenta just can't break through.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

Meanwhile, the placenta is digging, digging, digging, trying to get to the blood to get this thing more nutrients. But the placenta just can't break through.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

Meanwhile, the placenta is digging, digging, digging, trying to get to the blood to get this thing more nutrients. But the placenta just can't break through.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

Specifically, one trick called PP13. It's a protein that Harvey says creates a diversion.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

Specifically, one trick called PP13. It's a protein that Harvey says creates a diversion.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

Specifically, one trick called PP13. It's a protein that Harvey says creates a diversion.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

So in the world of Harvey's analogy here, PP13 is blowing up the grocery store. The placenta produces it. It goes off to some other part of the uterus that the placenta isn't trying to invade.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

So in the world of Harvey's analogy here, PP13 is blowing up the grocery store. The placenta produces it. It goes off to some other part of the uterus that the placenta isn't trying to invade.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

So in the world of Harvey's analogy here, PP13 is blowing up the grocery store. The placenta produces it. It goes off to some other part of the uterus that the placenta isn't trying to invade.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

And while the whole police force is over there dealing with the PP-13, the placenta's digging claws bust through.

Radiolab
Everybody's Got One

And while the whole police force is over there dealing with the PP-13, the placenta's digging claws bust through.