MAY 24, 2011 – Sera Prognostics, Inc., a women’s health company developing diagnostic tests for early prediction of preterm birth and other pregnancy complications, today announced the publication of an article in the May 2011 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology that highlighted the innovative proteomic methods used by Drs. M. Sean Esplin and Steven W. Graves to identify novel biomarkers for the prediction of preterm birth.
The quality of the scientific research and its clinical importance were the focus of an accompanying Journal Club Roundtable discussion of this newly published work. Dr. George A. Macones, Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Washington University in St. Louis, and Associate Editor of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AJOG), led the discussion on the study, praising the powerful proteomics techniques as an expansive strategy taken by the authors to uncover a broad array of possible predictors. Noting the implications for future research efforts to address unmet medical needs in significant fields like perinatal care, the panel of Maternal-Fetal medicine experts suggested that this thoughtful, iterative approach “will likely advance our field much more quickly than traditional methods.”
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