Medscape

Preterm Labor: Could a Metabolic Coenzyme Be the Trigger?

Researchers find that declining placental NAD+ levels may promote labor onset, opening new avenues for predicting preterm ...
The Scientist

Preterm Labor May Be Sparked by Fetal Immune Reaction

“This is a really interesting paper because it takes a completely different and new view of the pathogenesis of preterm labor,” says immunologist and developmental biologist Adrian Erlebacher of the ...
Medical Xpress

Researchers identify new target for therapies to treat preterm labor

Researchers have identified a cause of preterm labor, an enigma that has long challenged researchers. New research published in The Journal of Physiology suggests that a protein called Piezo1 is ...
Medical Xpress

New drug candidate prevents preterm birth in preclinical studies

New research shows that Rytvela, an anti-inflammatory drug candidate, decreased premature birth and infant mortality when administered after the onset of preterm labor in a preclinical mouse model.
Nature

Identification and characterization of plasma proteins associated with intra-amniotic inflammation and/or infection in women with preterm labor

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population according to the presence or absence of microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity (MIAC) and intra-amniotic inflammation (IAI) ...
Time

You Can Do Everything 'Right' and Still Have a Preterm Birth

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Science Daily

Progress toward personalized prevention of preterm birth: When progesterone works and when it does not

The most effective intervention to prevent preterm birth is the administration of a natural hormone, progesterone, in patients at risk for premature delivery. Two categories of patients have been ...
CNN

High rates of preterm birth and infant deaths get the US another D+ grade: ‘It’s a travesty’

Being rushed to a hospital nearly two hours away, in the middle of a dangerous spring storm – with fear in her heart and amniotic fluid leaking down her leg – was not how Ashley O’Neil expected her ...
Healthline

Premature Birth Rates Have Increased 12% in the Past Decade, but Why?

Share on Pinterest Premature births in the U.S. have increased over the past decade, but the reasons remain unclear. mkl/Getty Images A recent CDC report shows that preterm birth rates in the U.S.

Steep drop in metabolic coenzyme could trigger preterm labor

Declining placental concentrations of a molecule that plays a key role in metabolism appear to trigger the end of pregnancy ...
Science Daily

New target for therapies to treat preterm labor

Researchers have identified a cause of preterm labor, an enigma that has long challenged researchers. New research suggests a protein, called Piezo1, is responsible for regulating the behavior of the ...