"Preeclampsia not only affects maternal health but can also significantly impact fetal and neonatal short- and long-term ...

Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania made a critical breakthrough that is should help cure pregnancies threatened with ...

Engineers have developed a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) that delivers mRNA therapeutic to the placenta to treat pre-eclampsia in mice with human trials on the horizon.

The condition may progress to eclampsia, which can be life threatening. Preeclampsia causes a sudden increase in blood pressure during pregnancy. Without treatment, the condition can lead to ...

A new mRNA therapy tested in mice may target the root cause of the potentially fatal pregnancy disorder preeclampsia. It's ...

While Tsigas says all of the causes or contributing factors related to preeclampsia are not fully understood, "but there is general agreement that the placenta plays a key role - and women with ...

Overall, the findings suggested that placenta-specific VEGF mRNA delivery is a viable therapeutic strategy for treating ...