The March of Dimes has designated Duke, in collaboration with the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, as its fifth Prematurity Research Center. Duke's collaborative group hopes to identify regulatory genes that ensure a pregnancy continues to full term. Researchers also will look at how stress may influence those genes.
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