Biomarkers to prevent stillbirth detected

Updated:7 years, 3 months ago

New Delhi, Jul 26 (ANI): New biomarkers discovered that maternal blood may allow doctors to prevent stillbirth, a research has found. While analysing the blood of women who experienced stillbirth and compared them to healthy women, a chemical difference was noticed by the researchers. This suggested that stillbirths could be predicted and prevented. Using a mass spectrometer, researchers examined maternal blood and identified four chemicals that showed up consistently in mothers who experienced stillbirth. Combining this with demographic information about the mothers, the researchers discovered biomarkers for predicting signs of the first-trimester stillbirth, including a fifth, previously unknown blood chemical, called verruculotoxin. Verrucotoxin is produced by microbes and fungi. This is intriguing because there’s anecdotal information about people living in certain areas where there are high mould instances of having high instances of stillbirth. Using this approach, scientists could develop tools and technology to screen for many other, preventable illnesses that affect both women and children. By looking at the chemicals in the mother’s blood, risk for not just stillbirth, but a whole range of other conditions both for the mother and the fetus could be identified. Focusing on chemicals within the body gives scientists a clearer view of the potential causes and reasons. It also opens up possibilities of applying this technique to other risk-related conditions that can happen during pregnancy. The full findings are present in the journal- Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine.

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Biomarkers to prevent stillbirth detected

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