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Read more at: Research in sheep suggests possible early test for fetal heart health
Research in sheep suggests possible early test for fetal heart health

Research in sheep suggests possible early test for fetal heart health

5 December 2019

New study led by Dino Giussani shows that changes in heart rate due to hypoxia in advaced pregnancies could be used to predict the future heart health of babies


Read more at: Premature babies could benefit from changes to drugs administered to at-risk mothers
Premature babies could benefit from changes to drugs administered to at-risk mothers

Premature babies could benefit from changes to drugs administered to at-risk mothers

21 March 2019

Research by Dino Giussani's group have suggested that subtle changes to the drugs administered to mothers threatened with preterm birth or to premature babies could further improve clinical treatment and help increase their safety


Read more at: Heart disease risk begins in the womb, study in sheep suggests
Heart disease risk begins in the womb, study in sheep suggests

Heart disease risk begins in the womb, study in sheep suggests

23 January 2019

Offspring whose mothers had a complicated pregnancy may be at greater risk of heart disease in later life, according to a new study in sheep by Dino Giussani's lab


Read more at: Dino Giussani given 2017 Nick Hales Award
Dino Giussani given 2017 Nick Hales Award

Dino Giussani given 2017 Nick Hales Award

24 November 2017

Prof Giussani has received the prize from the International Society for Developmental Origins of Health & Disease


Read more at: Breath of life: how your risk of heart disease may stem back to your time in the womb
Breath of life: how your risk of heart disease may stem back to your time in the womb

Breath of life: how your risk of heart disease may stem back to your time in the womb

11 July 2017

The environment in the womb as we first begin to grow may also determine our future: researchers from PDN, CTR and Barcroft center featured on the latest issue of Research Horizons.


Read more at: Viagra protects the fetal heart
Viagra protects the fetal heart

Viagra protects the fetal heart

9 March 2017

Sildenafil may be a good candidate for human translational antioxidant therapy to protect fetal the developing cardiovascular system, reveals new study by Dino Giussani featured on the cover of the Journal of Physiology


Read more at: Sildenafil therapy for fetal cardiovascular dysfunction during hypoxic development: studies in the chick embryo
Sildenafil therapy for fetal cardiovascular dysfunction during hypoxic development: studies in the chick embryo

Sildenafil therapy for fetal cardiovascular dysfunction during hypoxic development: studies in the chick embryo

12 December 2016

The study published in the Journal of Physiology suggests that sildenafil is a good candidate for human therapy to protect the chronically hypoxic fetus in adverse pregnancy


Read more at: Prof Dino Giussani awarded Fellowship by RCOG
Prof Dino Giussani awarded Fellowship by RCOG

Prof Dino Giussani awarded Fellowship by RCOG

6 October 2016

The Royal College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology has awarded the title to Prof Giussani for his major contributions to obstetrics, gynaecology and to the wellbeing of women


Read more at: Old before your time: Study suggests that ageing begins in the womb
Old before your time: Study suggests that ageing begins in the womb

Old before your time: Study suggests that ageing begins in the womb

8 July 2016

The process of ageing begins even before we are born, according to an international team of researchers led by Dino Giussani. In a study using rats to model pregnancy and fetal development, the researchers also found that providing mothers with antioxidants during pregnancy meant that their offspring aged more slowly in adulthood.