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The Center for
Pregnancy and Newborn
Research (CPNR) is a multidisciplinary
research center specializing in basic
scientific
and clinical aspects of the health sciences
as they
apply to
women of all ages.
The CPNR includes physicians, physiologists,
molecular biologists, biochemists and cell biologists
who have
created a unique infrastructure of
clinical approaches, animal models, genomics, proteomics
and other investigative
tools to address questions in the research areas below.
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| Maternal Health |
| Female reproductive function in dependent upon highly specific but changing differentiation states in the tissues of the reproductive tract. More... |
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| Early Pregnancy and Placental Function |
| Successful pregnancy depends on the complex interaction of maternal tissues and the developing conceptus. More... |
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| Fetal & Neonatal Growth and Development |
| Pregnancy does not end with the first trimester, but continues as a persistent interplay between mother and fetus through until birth and beyond. More... |
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| Childbirth and Prematurity |
| The birth process can be separated into three principle phases: the beginning of contractions, the softening of the cervix and the rupture of the fetal membranes. More... |
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