NIH Scientists Identify Maternal and Fetal Genes That Increase Preterm Birth (English)

Speaker: Dr. Roberto Romero, M.D., Chief, Perinatology Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Identification of Fetal and Maternal Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Candidate Genes That Predispose to Spontaneous Preterm Labor with Intact Membranes

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified DNA variants in mothers and fetuses that appear to increase the risk for preterm labor and delivery. The DNA variants were in genes involved in the regulation of inflammation and of the extracellular matrix, the mesh-like material that holds cells within tissues.

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