A Genetic Snapshot Could Predict Preterm Birth
This article was originally published by Knowable Magazine.For expectant parents, pregnancy can be a time filled with joyful anticipation: hearing the beating of a tiny heart, watching the fetus wiggling through the black-and-white blur of an ultrasound, feeling the jostling of a little being in the belly as it swells.But for many, pregnancy also comes with serious health issues that can endanger both parent and child. In May, for example, the U.S.