Pre-eclampsia is a life-threatening pregnancy complication that can strike suddenly, endangering both mother and child. Despite affecting roughly one in twenty pregnancies worldwide, clinicians have long lacked a reliable method to predict its onset. Now, a study published in Genome Biology may change that. Led by Dr. Manvendra Singh (INEM, and Institut Imagine) alongside collaborators from the Max Delbrück Center, Cornell University and the University of Bath, researchers have uncovered “hidden” biological signals that could serve as an early-warning system.
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