Uterine ion channels offer potential new target to delay preterm birth

Scientists have found that targeting a particular group of proteins in the uterus muscle (myometrium) can suppress human ...
Healio

Drug to prevent preterm labor does not improve neonatal outcomes

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There is no neonatal benefit or harm when using tocolytic drugs for threatened premature birth after 30 weeks’ ...
Medscape

Preterm Labor: Could a Metabolic Coenzyme Be the Trigger?

A decline in the levels of the coenzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) in the placenta may help trigger labor by allowing prostaglandins to accumulate, raising the possibility of new ...
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 ...
CNN

Foods we eat are covered in plastics that may be causing a rise in premature births, study says

Preterm babies could be at higher risk of certain diseases as adults Past research has demonstrated that phathalates — known as “everywhere chemicals” because they are so common — are hormone ...
Time

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

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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 ...
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 ...
University of California

What’s behind preterm birth? Scientists just found a big clue

A typical human pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, but most parents know this number is only a rough estimate. Babies are born on a seemingly unpredictable timeline, with a normal pregnancy ranging from 38 to ...
Medical Xpress

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 and hasten labor and delivery, suggesting a study co-led by researchers at ...
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 ...