Nanotechnology device can detect risk for serious complication during pregnancy

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(Funded by the National Institutes of Health)

Researchers from UCLA and Cedars-Sinai have developed a new way to detect a potentially life-threatening condition that can occur during pregnancy called placenta accreta spectrum disorder. The new approach uses a technology called the NanoVelcro Chip. The chip is a postage stamp–sized device with nanowires that are 1,000 times thinner than a human hair and coated with antibodies which can recognize specific placenta cells in the mother’s blood that are linked to placenta accreta spectrum disorder.