DALLAS – April 7, 2011 – A UT Southwestern Medical Center gynecologist is one of five researchers nationwide selected to receive a $600,000 Burroughs Wellcome Fund grant to investigate the biological mechanisms and causes of premature birth.
Dr. Mala S. Mahendroo, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biological Sciences, will use the support to develop a second harmonic generation imaging (SHG) endoscope to be used in vivo in animals, and eventually in women, to assess premature collagen changes that precede preterm birth.
“This grant will allow us to do molecular studies on the cervix and develop a clinical tool to identify women at risk for preterm birth,” Dr. Mahendroo said…
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