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According to report, a study at a hospital in Australia saw the blood test predict premature birth in 70% of cases.
The findings have been published in the journal PLOS ONE and states that the test was able to identify between true and false labour in 70% of the 150 women involved in the case.
Professor Stephen Lye, who is from the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital in Canada, said the test was based on screening for genetic signatures that are linked with a woman going into labour.
He explained: "The data indicates that markers in the blood of women in threatened pre-term labour are able to indicate whether those women will deliver.
"This will have beneficial effects for the mother, the baby and the healthcare system."
It is thought that the test could be trialled at a hospital in Toronto and could be made more widely available with five years.
The research was carried out in collaboration with the School of Women's and Infants' Health at the University of Western Australia.
Currently, there is no reliable way of knowing if a woman having contractions too early will also give birth early or if her contractions will stop. Around 5% of women with signs of early labour go on to give birth within 10 days, but there is no reliable method to distinguish between true and false labour. Premature birth is said to be the main cause of death for newborn babies in the West.
(JP/CD)
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Blood Test For Premature Labour
A blood test has been developed that is said to be able to predict if women having early contractions will go on to give birth too early.According to report, a study at a hospital in Australia saw the blood test predict premature birth in 70% of cases.
The findings have been published in the journal PLOS ONE and states that the test was able to identify between true and false labour in 70% of the 150 women involved in the case.
Professor Stephen Lye, who is from the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital in Canada, said the test was based on screening for genetic signatures that are linked with a woman going into labour.
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He explained: "The data indicates that markers in the blood of women in threatened pre-term labour are able to indicate whether those women will deliver.
"This will have beneficial effects for the mother, the baby and the healthcare system."
It is thought that the test could be trialled at a hospital in Toronto and could be made more widely available with five years.
The research was carried out in collaboration with the School of Women's and Infants' Health at the University of Western Australia.
Currently, there is no reliable way of knowing if a woman having contractions too early will also give birth early or if her contractions will stop. Around 5% of women with signs of early labour go on to give birth within 10 days, but there is no reliable method to distinguish between true and false labour. Premature birth is said to be the main cause of death for newborn babies in the West.
(JP/CD)
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