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Remote Care
For Mother And Baby
Pregnancy can be a dangerous time for millions of women
worldwide: pre-eclampsia alone claims the lives of more
than 70,000 women and over 500,000 infants every
year. Researchers led by Prof Louise Kenny, co-director
of the world renowned Science Foundation Ireland
funded Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational
Research (INFANT) are working to develop screening
tests to predict and prevent pre-eclampsia, a major
complication of late pregnancy.