Study uncovers placental microtransfusions lead to transmission of AIDS virus during childbirth
Transmission of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, from pregnant women to their infants sometime during childbirth is a huge international problem, studies have shown. Between 25 percent and 35 percent of babies born to untreated HIV-infected mothers become infected themselves. That's a half million newborn worldwide every year facing chronic illness and premature death on their first day ou...Placental Protein Leads To The Onset Of Preeclampsia - Researcher Finds
A new study by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), in collaboration with a research team from The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, has confirmed //the previous findings that elevated levels of the sFlt1 placental protein leads to the onset of preeclampsia and also a second protein which, in combination with sFlt1, puts preeclampsic patient to a severe condition. <...Placental Proteins Could Be Responsible For Pre-eclampsia
Scientists have reported a breakthrough, towards the testing and cure for the pregnancy disorder pre-eclampsia.// The researchers from the US National Institutes of Health team found women with pre-eclampsia had high levels of two proteins several months before developing the condition. Reporting their findings they explained that the two proteins secreted by the placenta might be res...Pregnant Women With Placental Infection Have Doubled Risk of Recurrence
Pregnant women who develop an infection of the placenta or nearby membranes in their first pregnancy have twice the risk of getting it in their second pregnancy, researchers// at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. The infection, called chorioamnionitis, occurs in 0.5 percent to 10 percent of births. It can cause bleeding and widespread infection in the mother and infect the fet...Placental Problems in Women Linked With Caesarean Section
New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology shows a link between the development of placenta praevia// and placental abruption during the subsequent pregnancies of women who previously had a caesarean section. Placental praevia is defined as the implantation of the placenta over or near the internal opening of the cervix. Placenta abru...Placental Problems in Women Linked With Caesarean Section
New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology shows a link between the development of placenta praevia and placental abruption during the subsequent pregnancies of women who previously had a caesarean section. Placental praevia is defined as the implantation of the placenta over or near the internal opening of the cervix. Placenta abr...Placental Growth Hormone ELISA Test
Description:Growth hormone (GH) is a monomeric protein produced and stored in somatotrophs in the anterior pituitary gland. GH is released from the pituitary into the bloodstream in a pulsatile manner under the regulatory control of hypothalamic somatostatin (SS) and GH-releasing factor (GHRF) [1]. The timing and frequency of GH release appears to be regulated by somatostatin, while the amplitude of GH relea...