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Tag: Pregnancy

Zika infections can cause significant developmental problems

Even babies born without the virus’s notable physical symptoms may experience sensory, attachment and anxiety issues, according to a new study.

Improving Pregnancy Outcomes Through Gene Therapy

UW-Madison study in monkeys brings placenta treatment one step closer to humans

In this WPR “Wisconsin Today” conversation, WNPRC scientist Jenna Schmidt and University of Florida collaborator Helen Jones explain how a gene therapy that restores the placental protein IGF-1 — shown safe in rhesus macaques at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center — could one day treat complicated human pregnancies.

Medicines for Placental Disorders Working Their Way up the Species Ladder

Preclinical and clinical collaborators shed light on preeclampsia

By Jordana Lenon Preeclampsia is a medical condition that affects pregnant women, raising a mother’s blood pressure and threatening both her life and her baby’s. Accompanying symptoms include water retention and protein in the urine. Rarer, but more severe outcomes can include pain, headaches, nausea or even seizures, liver or kidney failure. Most women can …

Zika virus infection may multiply risk of miscarriage, stillbirth

Zika infections could be factor in more pregnancies

Listeria may be serious miscarriage threat early in pregnancy