Researchers discovered a molecular timer that gets activated in the first days of pregnancy and influences when mice give ...

A typical human pregnancy lasts 40 weeks ... these genes were not activated on time, delaying labor. Signals could be linked to preterm birth While the new study did not directly study preterm ...

If the same set of molecules is found to be important in human pregnancies, it could lead to new tests to identify women who are at risk of preterm labor, as well as interventions to delay it.

A typical human pregnancy lasts 40 weeks ... to identify women who are at risk of preterm labor, as well as interventions to delay it. "Preterm birth is a huge problem around the world, and ...