ASU Grant Helps Birth Study
North Carolina women historically have more preterm births than the national average. And the state's infant mortality rate has also exceeded the American average.
Now, thanks to a $151,246 Institutional Development Grant from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, an interdisciplinary team of Appalachian State University researchers is buying lab equipment to study the preterm birth situation.
The scientists hope their study of light interacting with large biological molecules will lead to ways to detect a woman's risk for having preterm labor.