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NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb 2, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Yale scientists have developed a method of accurately detecting dangerous infections in pregnant women and predicting the possibility of premature birth.
Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine found they could make such determinations by profiling specific proteins in amniotic fluid for inflammation.
"This is one of the first tests of a proteomic profile in a prospective-blind fashion," said lead author Dr. Catalin Buhimschi. "One of the key advances in this research is that the test was done using fresh samples of amniotic fluid and not using banked amniotic fluid. This is a multidisciplinary approach that combines the basic science with clinical neonatology."
Buhimschi, an assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences, and his team received a March of Dimes Award for Best Research in Prematurity.
The work was presented Thursday at the 26th annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in Miami Beach, Fla.
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