Vision for Improving Pregnancy Health: Innovation and the Future of Pregnancy Research.

ABSTRACT: Understanding, predicting, and preventing pregnancy disorders have been a major research target. Nonetheless, the lack of progress is illustrated by research results related to preeclampsia and other hypertensive pregnancy disorders. These remain a major cause of maternal and infant mortality worldwide. There is a general consensus that the rate of progress toward understanding pregnancy disorders lags behind progress in other aspects of human health. In this presentation, we advance an explanation for this failure and suggest solutions. We propose that progress has been impeded by narrowly focused research training and limited imagination and innovation, resulting in the failure to think beyond conventional research approaches and analytical strategies. Investigations have been largely li

SUBMITTER: Roberts JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9537127 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature