Blood Test for Pre-term Birth Risk

Guests: Adam Woolley, PhD, Professor of Chemistry, BYU; Mike Alder, Director, BYU Technology Transfer Office The leading cause of death among children under the age of five is the fact that they were born too early. Complications from pre-mature birth kill nearly one-million children a year. Nearly all of them could be saved with the right intervention. Here at BYU, a team is working on a cheap, easy blood test that could – with just the prick of a finger – identify a pregnant mother’s risk of going into pre-term labor. Click here for a video of Prof. Woolley explaining his work. Learn more about technology developed at BYU here.