Preeclampsia disproportionately impacts mothers and infants in developing countries, affecting 10 million women globally.
"Additionally, we are conducting ongoing clinical research to validate existing peer-reviewed evidence, to enhance the Mirvie RNA platform performance, and to improve the understanding of other pregnancy complications," explains Jain.
“Diversity and inclusion in maternal health research, especially at a global scale, is critical if we want to create meaningful progress and interventions to curb maternal mortality,” shares Dr. Alan Tita, Director of the Mary Heersink Institute of Global Health co-lead researcher for the study.in early-stage financing from top-tier investors, including Decheng Capital, Foresite Capital, General Catalyst, GV, Khosla Ventures, and Mayfield. Mirvie is based in South San Francisco, California.
The research funded with this grant builds upon Mirvie’s commitment to inclusive, evidence-based pregnancy health research through the Mirvie Research Collaborative. The Mirvie Research Collaborative is currently enrolling at least 10,000 pregnant individuals from highly diverse populations across the United States to create the largest and richest biobank of pregnancy transcriptomes ever.
“I hope that this research will underscore how state-of-the-art innovation in pregnancy health can contribute to the global good and unleash personalized medicine for maternal health in a way we have yet to see,” concluded Dr. Methodius Tuuli, Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Women & Infants Hospital and co-lead researcher for the study.
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