Transforming Fertility : Uncovering Genetic Insights, Enhancing Fetal Health, and Preventing Pregnancy Loss
Transforming Fertility : Uncovering Genetic Insights, Enhancing Fetal Health, and Preventing Pregnancy Loss
The Equine Pregnancy Laboratory conducts research to uncover the intricate processes involved in a successful pregnancy as well as how they go wrong in pregnancy loss and pregnancy pathologies. These processes play a crucial role not only in delivering a live foal but also in programming the fetus for lifelong health. By employing a multidisciplinary approach spanning genetics, molecular and cellular biology, pathology and epidemiology, we investigate critical aspects of early placental and fetal development in health and disease as well as congenital conditions of foals. Our long term goal is to improve fertility management and enhance the well-being of breeding mares through evidence-based clinical decisions. Furthermore, our discoveries may provide insights into pregnancy-related conditions in humans and other veterinary species due to the remarkable similarities we are discovering between pregnancy loss in mares and women.
Central to our mission is not just the animal lives we strive to improve but a wider goal to improve the lives of the people behind them. We recognize that pregnancy loss is a devastating condition for both human couples and horse owners and for many people a really difficult topic to discuss. We are working hard to address this difficult time through new discoveries that we hope will reduce the chance of pregnancy loss and severe congenital conditions occurring and providing horse owners and patients with answers to their questions should they face this difficult event. As well as science being our core activity, an equally important goal it to support the people within our team so they can thrive and achieve their own goals within an inclusive diverse work and educational environment. Different career stages and cultural backgrounds always bring different perspectives that not only enrich the lives of those working in our team but they also enhance the research we perform.
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