Pregnancy Research Centre: Projects

The Pregnancy Research Centre has a number of key projects. Each of these projects is central to improving the outcomes for mothers and babies with pregnancy complications where pregnancy complications are cause for concern.

• Identification of pre-eclampsia - eclampsia susceptibility gene[s]

• Human stem cells from the placenta

• Ambulatory Fetal Activity Monitoring

• Early diagnosis of common pregnancy disorders

• Endocrine control of labour and preterm birth

• Failure to progress in labour - electrophysiological and molecular studies

• Factors influencing the growth of the placenta into the uterus

• Improving clinical management of pregnancy complications

• Improving the evidence base of perinatal clinical care

• Inherited thrombophilia and pregnancy outcome

• Placental transfer and perinatal metabolism of anti-HIV protease inhibitors

• Prediction of delivery prior to 34 weeks gestation

• Prediction of pre-term labour

• Prediction and Prevention of Preterm Labour

• Research into Obesity and Pregnancy

• The role of placental proteins in the development of pre-eclampsia

• The role of homeobox genes in fetal growth restriction

• Understanding the contribution to adverse pregnancy outcomes of thrombosis in the maternal and fetal circulations of the human placenta

• Vascular remodelling during pregnancy

• What triggers labour