Biomarker discovery may lead to reliable blood test for ectopic pregnancy

Scientists at The Wistar Institute and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine report the discovery of protein markers that could provide physicians with the first reliable blood test to predict ectopic pregnancies. Their findings are presented in the February 16 issue of the Journal of Proteome Research, currently available online. In a related small-scale study of clinical samples, published recently in the journal Fertility and Sterility, the researchers found that one of the proteins - ADAM12 - showed a nearly 97 percent correlation with ectopic pregnancy...

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