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Perinatal Medicine Lab
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A perinatal medicine lab exploring how to diagnose and treat preterm birth.
AboutAbout the lab
Investigating the causes of preterm birth and developing its diagnosis and treatment.
The Perinatal Medicine Lab focuses its research on developing diagnostic methods and treatments for preterm birth.
Using pregnant mice and sheep, the lab searches for markers that detect intrauterine inflammation and works on developing an artificial uterus and artificial placenta, among other projects.
The lab looks for answers to questions encountered in the clinic, such as "What causes preterm birth?" and "How can we reduce the number of preterm births?"
The lab also makes an effort to write up, as papers, facts and new findings from clinical practice that should be widely shared with pregnant women.
Key terms
- Intrauterine inflammation
- Intrauterine inflammation: inflammation occurring inside the uterus. The lab studies it in pregnant mice as part of its research on preterm birth
- Maternal serum markers
- Maternal serum markers: substances contained in a pregnant woman's blood (serum) that give clues to her physical condition. The lab is searching for markers that can detect intrauterine inflammation early
- Artificial uterus and artificial placenta
- Artificial uterus and artificial placenta: an artificial uterus and placenta that the lab is developing for infants at the limit of viability, using pregnant sheep
ResearchResearch themes
The Perinatal Medicine Lab centers its research on developing diagnostic methods and treatments for preterm birth. It looks for answers to clinical questions such as "What causes preterm birth?", "How does preterm birth develop?", and "What treatments are possible?"
*Illustrative imageMarkers for detecting intrauterine inflammation
Using pregnant mice, the lab searches for maternal serum markers that can detect intrauterine inflammation at an early stage. This is one of its studies aimed at developing diagnostic methods for preterm birth.
*Illustrative imageDevelopment of an artificial uterus and artificial placenta
Using pregnant sheep, the lab is developing an artificial uterus and artificial placenta for infants at the limit of viability. This is one of its studies aimed at developing treatments for preterm birth.
*Illustrative imageAppropriate administration of maternal steroids
The lab studies the appropriate way to administer steroids to the mother before preterm birth occurs.
MembersFaculty
Members of the Perinatal Medicine Lab include faculty, assistants, project assistants, hospital staff physicians, and graduate students. (The staff introduction page is shared with the Gynecology Lab.)
- ProfessorMasatoshi Saito
- Associate ProfessorMasahito Tachibana
- Associate ProfessorNoriyuki Iwama
- Associate ProfessorZen Watanabe
- LecturerHirotaka Hamada
- Assistant ProfessorMari Tadakawa
- Assistant ProfessorHasumi Tomita
- Assistant ProfessorEmi Yokoyama
- Assistant ProfessorTsukasa Takahashi
- Assistant ProfessorKazuma Tagami
- Assistant ProfessorKoki Uchibori
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Mcmaster premie NICU 7045” Peter K Burian / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Markers for detecting intrauterine inflammation: “Moscow, Maternity hospital for mothers, childbirth, and newborns, Maternity care, Russia” Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Development of an artificial uterus and artificial placenta: “US Navy 090814-N-6326B-001 A mock set-up of the new pod design in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) is on display during an open house” U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jake Berenguer / Public domain (cropped)
- Appropriate administration of maternal steroids: “Stem-cells-in-syringe-ama-regenerative-medicine” [<a href="https://www.amaskincare.com/about/alice-pien-md-medical-director/">Alice Pien, MD</a>] / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Obstetrics and Fetal Pathophysiology Lab): “Fetal Anomaly Ultrasound Scan in Navi Mumbai” Goleisureintl / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Clinical Pharmacy Lab (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)): “Tablet packets in exposition History of making of drugs in Kuks Hospital in Kuks, Trutnov District” Jiří Sedláček / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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