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Study opens the door to designing therapies to improve lung development in growth-restricted fetuses


Illustrative images of fetal main pulmonary artery and intrapulmonary artery Doppler. Credit: Vellvé, K., Garcia-Canadilla, P., Nogueira, M. et al. If during a pregnancy a fetus grows below normal thresholds, at each week of gestation there is an increased risk that some of its organs may not develop properly, which can adversely affect the baby’s health after birth. The life-long effects of restricted fetal growth on brain and cardiovascular development have been the subject of much research, but there is a lack of scientific evidence on its impact on the Read More