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MODCAST is a podcast on the most impactful maternal and infant health research conducted today. MODCAST aims to bring scientists, doctors, donors, and families behind the laboratory doors for a fascinating look into the science that is changing, study by study, the story of moms and babies in the U.S. From interviews and news analysis to study discussions and more, MODCAST is the science community’s source for today’s preeminent research on moms and babies.
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- 1 weeks ago40 min
Dr. Ina Stelzer on Immune Changes in Spontaneous Preterm Birth
March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center at Stanford collaborator Dr. Ina Stelzer, who is also an Assistant Professor at the University of California San Diego’s Department of Pathology, discusses her team’s recent findings showing stark differences in the immune system of women who experience spontaneous preterm birth compared to those who deliver term.
- Sep 30, 202639 min
Dr. Sing Sing Way on the Benefits of Mouthwash Use in Pregnancy
March of Dimes Ohio Collaborative Prematurity Research Center coordinating principal investigator and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital infectious disease pediatrician Dr. Sing Sing Way discusses his team's new findings linking the use of mouthwash in pregnancy with dramatically reduced rates of preeclampsia, preterm birth, and chorioamnionitis.
- Aug 26, 202636 min
Dr. Ophelia Yin on the Role of the Uterus in Preeclampsia
Dr. Ophelia Yin, an investigator at the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco, on her recent research finding four new genes associated with cellular changes in the uterus during preeclampsia — findings that have helped widen the aperture of preeclampsia research past the placenta and into the uterus.
- Jul 29, 202637 min
Dr. Christina Megli on the New Discovery of Macrophage Cells in the Amniotic Sac
Dr. Christina Megli, a 2025 March of Dimes Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award winner, discusses her discovery of 'first responder' macrophage immune cells in the amniotic sac in healthy pregnancy — a finding that may one day lead to new risk prediction tests and therapeutics to slow or prevent preterm birth.
- Jun 24, 202641 min
Dr. Brice Gaudillière on the Potential of Aspirin + Lansoprazole to Stop Preterm Birth: A New Clinical Trial
Dr. Brice Gaudillière, an investigator at the March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center at Stanford, on an upcoming Randomized Controlled Trial he is heading that will test two common over the counter drugs — Aspirin and Prevacid, an acid reflux medication — as possible therapeutics to prevent spontaneous preterm birth.
- May 27, 202634 min
Dr. Frank Lee on Why Tibetan Genes May Help Us Beat Preeclampsia
Dr. Frank Lee, a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and a 2026 winner of a March of Dimes Discovery Grant, discusses his research on HIF2 gene suppression as a way to treat preeclampsia.
- Apr 29, 202643 min
Dr. Thomas Jansson on the Placenta and Fetal Growth
Dr. Thomas Jansson, the 2026 winner of the March of Dimes Agnes Higgins Award in Maternal-Fetal Nutrition, the Vice Chair of Research for the University of Colorado Anschutz Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the department’s Florence Crozier Cobb Endowed Professor and Chief of the Division of Reproductive Sciences, discusses his research showing that contrary to popular belief, it is not the fetus, but a placental protein signaling hub called mTOR, that is the primary architect of f...
- Mar 25, 202641 min
Dr. Leonard Zon on the Secrets of the Zebrafish
Dr. Leonard Zon, winner of the 2026 March of Dimes Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD Prize, Director of the Stem Cell Research Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, and the Grousbeck Professor of Pediatric Medicine at Harvard Medical School, discusses his career using the 1.5-inch zebrafish to study human disease.
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MODCAST is a podcast on the most impactful maternal and infant health research conducted today. MODCAST aims to bring scientists, doctors, donors, and families behind the laboratory doors for a fascinating look into the science that is changing, study by study, the story of moms and babies in the U.S. From interviews and news analysis to study discussions and more, MODCAST is the science community’s source for today’s preeminent research on moms and babies.
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