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Placental molecule helps set the timing of labor in mice
Lowering a placental molecule shortened average pregnancies to 17 days 8.4 hours, versus 18 days 18.6 hours in controls; raising it delayed birth.Lowering a placental molecule shortened average pregnancies to 17 days 8.4 hours, versus 18 days 18.6 hours in controls; raising it delayed birth.
Mouse studyInterventions
Who was studiedPregnant C57BL/6J and CD1 mice, against controls
What changedLowering a placental molecule shortened average pregnancies to 17 days 8.4 hours, versus 18 days 18.6 hours in controls
The catchPreterm labor was an induced model triggered by a bacterial molecule