A hormone, adrenomedullin, plays a crucial role in preventing the pregnancy complication preeclampsia, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found in a mice study. Surprisingly, this hormone protects women from preeclampsia when emitted by the fetus, not the mother, during the most critical times in pregnancy. "We've identified the fact that the baby is important in protecting the mom from preeclampsia," said the study's ...Sunday, 5 May 2013
Study Finds Fetuses Emit Hormone Crucial to Preventing Preeclampsia
A hormone, adrenomedullin, plays a crucial role in preventing the pregnancy complication preeclampsia, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found in a mice study. Surprisingly, this hormone protects women from preeclampsia when emitted by the fetus, not the mother, during the most critical times in pregnancy. "We've identified the fact that the baby is important in protecting the mom from preeclampsia," said the study's ...
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