The latest treatment for pregnancy poisoning by magnetic beads

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Magnetic beads have succeeded in lowering blood levels during pre-eclampsia, according to a new study in the journal Hypertension Of the American Heart Association.

According to the US medical website "MedicalXpress", Preeclampsia is a complication of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure and kidney impairment, which affects 6% to 8% of US women who give birth each year.

Preeclampsia is responsible for severe maternal complications (seizures, stroke, kidney failure, liver weakness), infant (low birth weight, premature birth), and increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease later in life (stroke) And high blood pressure). At present, there is no cure for preeclampsia.

The researchers focused on a molecule, called sFlt-1, Which is released by the placenta in the bloodstream of women and rises to high levels during preeclampsia.

High levels of "SFlt-1" Is responsible for the weakness of the vascular wall, contributing to high blood pressure and trapping two other important molecules that promote the function of the wall of blood vessels called VEGF And PIGF.

Using blood from women with preeclampsia, researchers conducted laboratory tests to see if magnetic beads could essentially pull sFlt-1 Outside the blood circulation, the researchers found that the magnetic beads were lowered"SFlt-1" By 40% and freed up to two times PIGF , Reducing the rate of pre-eclampsia by 63%.

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