Preterm birth (PTB)—defined as birth before the 37th week of gestation—is the leading complication of pregnancy. If doctors had a simple, accurate and inexpensive way to identify women at risk for the condition, they could develop better prevention strategies. Now researchers have created a 3-D-printed microchip electrophoresis device that can sensitively detect three serum biomarkers of PTB. They report their results in ACS’ journal Analytical Chemistry.
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